"catloaf" meaning in All languages combined

See catloaf on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kæt.loʊf/ [US], /kæt.ləʊf/ [UK] Audio: En-au-catloaf.ogg Forms: catloaves [plural]
Etymology: From cat + loaf. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cat|loaf}} cat + loaf Head templates: {{en-noun|catloaves}} catloaf (plural catloaves)
  1. (slang) The loaflike form of a domestic cat in which it sits with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Cats Derived forms: catloafed Translations (loaflike form a cat takes on): Katzenlaib (German), kucing jerum (Indonesian), 香箱座り (kōbako-zuwari) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cat",
        "3": "loaf"
      },
      "expansion": "cat + loaf",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cat + loaf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catloaves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catloaves"
      },
      "expansion": "catloaf (plural catloaves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cats",
          "orig": "en:Cats",
          "parents": [
            "Felids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "catloafed"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 3, Ailsa N Murphy, “Re: RIP, Silver-The-Cat”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-07-12:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 January 9, Franz Bestuchev, “Re: catloaf”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-07-12:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Brigitte Eilert-Overbeck, Cats, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "\"Catloaf\" position with paws and tail tucked under the body: \"Please do not disturb!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 July 15, Lou Lou P., quotee, “Behold the Catloaf, Your Adorable Edible Friend”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 2023-03-18:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The loaflike form of a domestic cat in which it sits with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body."
      ],
      "id": "en-catloaf-en-noun-mDf1jib2",
      "links": [
        [
          "loaflike",
          "loaflike"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "domestic cat",
          "domestic cat"
        ],
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "paw",
          "paw"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ],
        [
          "tucked",
          "tucked"
        ],
        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) The loaflike form of a domestic cat in which it sits with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
          "word": "Katzenlaib"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
          "word": "kucing jerum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōbako-zuwari",
          "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
          "word": "香箱座り"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kæt.loʊf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæt.ləʊf/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-catloaf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-au-catloaf.ogg/En-au-catloaf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/En-au-catloaf.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catloaf"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "catloafed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cat",
        "3": "loaf"
      },
      "expansion": "cat + loaf",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cat + loaf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catloaves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "catloaves"
      },
      "expansion": "catloaf (plural catloaves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "en:Cats"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 3, Ailsa N Murphy, “Re: RIP, Silver-The-Cat”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-07-12:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 January 9, Franz Bestuchev, “Re: catloaf”, in alt.support.depression (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-07-12:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Brigitte Eilert-Overbeck, Cats, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "\"Catloaf\" position with paws and tail tucked under the body: \"Please do not disturb!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 July 15, Lou Lou P., quotee, “Behold the Catloaf, Your Adorable Edible Friend”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 2023-03-18:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The loaflike form of a domestic cat in which it sits with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loaflike",
          "loaflike"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "domestic cat",
          "domestic cat"
        ],
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "paw",
          "paw"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ],
        [
          "tucked",
          "tucked"
        ],
        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) The loaflike form of a domestic cat in which it sits with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kæt.loʊf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæt.ləʊf/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-catloaf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/En-au-catloaf.ogg/En-au-catloaf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/En-au-catloaf.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
      "word": "Katzenlaib"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
      "word": "kucing jerum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōbako-zuwari",
      "sense": "loaflike form a cat takes on",
      "word": "香箱座り"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catloaf"
}

Download raw JSONL data for catloaf meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.