shoot the cat

verb

To vomit.

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Meanings

verbshoot the cat (third-person singular simple present shoots the cat, present participle shooting the cat, simple past and past participle shot the cat)

present singular third person shoots the cat · participle present shooting the cat · participle past shot the cat · past shot the cat

  1. UKobsoleteslangTo vomit.

    “[…] I am telling you the man is as sick as a— a—” “A dog,” Roland supplied. “Shot the cat twice after we got him to bed.”

    2013, Anita Mills, Miss Gordon's Mistake

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
regurgitatevomit
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APA

shoot the cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20the%20cat

MLA

“shoot the cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20the%20cat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoot the cat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20the%20cat.

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