catloaf

plural catloaves

1. slangThe loaflike form of a domestic cat sitting with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body.

   "Catloaf" position with paws and tail tucked under the body: "Please do not disturb!"

   2009, Brigitte Eilert-Overbeck, Cats, →ISBN, page 47

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   And Gary never got to see him do the full catloaf, where he curled up face-down so that all that stuck out were the tips of his ears. I never got a picture of that, either.

   1999 December 3, Ailsa N Murphy, “Re: RIP, Silver-The-Cat”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2024

   One must often attend to the tail and ensure it remains tucked and not become flippant, so as to maintain a catloaf of presentable form.

   2004 January 9, Franz Bestuchev, “Re: catloaf”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2024

   I love the ‘catloaf’ expression, so one evening I just had to see if I could bake it for real. Thus catloaf [a loaf shaped like a catloaf] was born, simple as that.

   2015 July 15, Lou Lou P., quotee, “Behold the Catloaf, Your Adorable Edible Friend”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023

present singular third person catloafs · participle present catloafing · participle past catloafed · past catloafed

1. slang(of a cat) to go into a catloaf position.