"tear-cat" meaning in English

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      "form": "tear-cats",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "tear-cat (plural tear-cats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Acting",
          "orig": "en:Acting",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15:",
          "text": "Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl, act 5, scene 1:",
          "text": "I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An overactor."
      ],
      "id": "en-tear-cat-en-noun-kT9nhQUJ",
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          "acting",
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          "overactor",
          "overactor"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, acting) An overactor."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tear a cat"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ham"
        },
        {
          "word": "hambone"
        },
        {
          "word": "hamfatter"
        },
        {
          "word": "overactor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "acting",
        "broadcasting",
        "entertainment",
        "film",
        "lifestyle",
        "media",
        "television",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tear-cat"
}

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    {
      "form": "tear-cats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tear a cat"
    }
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        "English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
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        "English multiword terms",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Acting",
        "en:People"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15:",
          "text": "Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl, act 5, scene 1:",
          "text": "I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An overactor."
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        "(obsolete, acting) An overactor."
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    {
      "word": "ham"
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    {
      "word": "hambone"
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    {
      "word": "hamfatter"
    },
    {
      "word": "overactor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tear-cat"
}