"black cat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-black cat.ogg Forms: black cats [plural]
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  1. A fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti). Categories (lifeform): Domestic cats
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cat. Translations (black-furred cat): swart kat (Afrikaans), القطة السوداء (Arabic), սև կատու (sew katu) (Armenian), ক’লা মেকুৰী (köla mekuri) (Assamese), gatu negru [masculine] (Asturian), qara pişik (Azerbaijani), katu beltz (Basque), কালো বিড়াল (kalō biṛal) (Bengali), че́рна ко́тка (čérna kótka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gat negre [masculine] (Catalan), 黑貓 /黑猫 (hēimāo) (Chinese Mandarin), zwarte kat [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), nigra kato (Esperanto), musta kissa (Finnish), chat noir [masculine] (French), schwarze Katze [feminine] (German), μαύρη γάτα (mávri gáta) (Greek), חתול שחור (khatúl shakhór) [masculine] (Hebrew), काली बिल्ली (kālī billī) [feminine] (Hindi), काला बिल्ला (kālā billā) [masculine] (Hindi), kucing hitam (Indonesian), gatto nero [masculine] (Italian), 黒猫 (kuro neko) (alt: くろねこ) (Japanese), 검은 고양이 (geomeun goyang'i) (Korean), svart katt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), gat negre [masculine] (Occitan), 黒猫 (kurumayā) (alt: くるまやー) (Okinawan), czarny kot [masculine] (Polish), czarnego kota [feminine] (Polish), gato preto [masculine] (Portuguese), чёрный кот (čórnyj kot) [masculine] (Russian), чёрная кошка (čórnaja koška) [feminine] (Russian), gato negro (Spanish), แมวดำ (mɛɛo dam) (Thai), kara kedi (Turkish), чорний кіт (čornyj kit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mèo mun (Vietnamese), mèo đen (Vietnamese), שװאַרצע קאַץ (shvartse kats) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-black_cat-en-noun-ZWfRsNDT Disambiguation of 'black-furred cat': 33 67

Verb

Audio: En-au-black cat.ogg Forms: black cats [present, singular, third-person], black catting [participle, present], black catted [participle, past], black catted [past]
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  1. (nautical slang) To do better than another in some respect; to one up. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-black_cat-en-verb-MZiHzaXq Topics: nautical, transport

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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "word": "katu beltz"
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      "roman": "kalō biṛal",
      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "word": "কালো বিড়াল"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čérna kótka",
      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "word": "μαύρη γάτα"
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "roman": "kuro neko",
      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "roman": "kurumayā",
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      "roman": "mɛɛo dam",
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      "word": "แมวดำ"
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
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      "roman": "čornyj kit",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "word": "mèo mun"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "word": "mèo đen"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "shvartse kats",
      "sense": "black-furred cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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