cat's melody

noun

A cacophony.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncat's melody (plural cat's melodies)

plural cat's melodies

  1. IrelandScotlanddatedA cacophony.

    You vegetable cat's melody! Your Concert Miaulant is A triumph o' discord shairly

    1926, Hugh MacDiarmid, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
    2 more examples

    The wife within is sending the curses thick and heavy on me, and the childre's playing the cat's melody to keep her in comfort.

    1860 William Carleton "The Three Wishes; An Irish legend" Irish Life and Character; or, Tales and stories of the Irish peasantry p. 333 (London: Henry Lea)

    'This is completely absurd,' I heard him say, his voice barely audible above the screaming that had now started. 'Believe me, I never —' Then all we could see was writhing. And sounds I don't care to try to represent or transcribe: what used to be called the cat's melody.

    2016, Adrian Barnes, “Day 4; Accidental Colours”, in Nod, London: Titan, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

cat's melody. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat's%20melody

MLA

“cat's melody.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat's%20melody. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cat's melody,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat's%20melody.

Source: cat's melody on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.