Meanings
nounalley cat (plural alley cats)
plural alley cats
- figurativelyhumorousA sexually promiscuous person, especially a woman.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alley cat.
- figurativelyhumorousA (female) prostitute.
verballey cat (third-person singular simple present alley cats, present participle alley catting, simple past and past participle alley catted)
present singular third person alley cats · participle present alley catting · participle past alley catted · past alley catted
- intransitiveslangSynonym of cat around (“to engage in sex with various partners”).
Synonyms: cat around
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of cat around (“to engage in sex with various partners”).
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 衚衕貓 /胡同猫
- 衚衕貓 /胡同猫 (hútòngmāo)urban feral cat
Dutch straatkat, zwerfkat
- straatkaturban feral cat
- zwerfkaturban feral cat
Finnish kujakissa
- kujakissaurban feral cat
French chat de gouttière, chat des rues
- chat de gouttièreurban feral cat
- chat des ruesurban feral cat
- chat erranturban feral cat
German Straßenkatze, Streunerkatze
- Straßenkatzeurban feral cat
- Streunerkatzeurban feral cat
Polish dachowiec
- dachowiecurban feral cat
Cite this entry
APA
alley cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alley%20cat
MLA
“alley cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alley%20cat. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alley cat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alley%20cat.
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