gib-cat

noun

A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.

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gibtomcat
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Meanings

noungib-cat (plural gib-cats)

plural gib-cats · alternative gib cat

  1. obsoleteA male cat, especially an old or castrated one.

    I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2

    Synonyms: gib, tomcat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA male cat, especially an old or castrated one.

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gibtomcat

Origin

From gib + cat.

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APA

gib-cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gib-cat

MLA

“gib-cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gib-cat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gib-cat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gib-cat.

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