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Meaning of "catfall" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATFALL

catfall  [ˈkætˌfɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATFALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catfall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CATFALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of catfall in the English dictionary

The definition of catfall in the dictionary is the line used in a cat.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATFALL


ashfall
ˈæʃˌfɔːl
deadfall
ˈdɛdˌfɔːl
downfall
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːl
evenfall
ˈiːvənˌfɔːl
footfall
ˈfʊtˌfɔːl
icefall
ˈaɪsˌfɔːl
infall
ˈɪnˌfɔːl
landfall
ˈlændˌfɔːl
nightfall
ˈnaɪtˌfɔːl
outfall
ˈaʊtˌfɔːl
overfall
ˈəʊvəˌfɔːl
pinfall
ˈpɪnˌfɔːl
pitfall
ˈpɪtˌfɔːl
pratfall
ˈprætˌfɔːl
rainfall
ˈreɪnˌfɔːl
shortfall
ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl
snowfall
ˈsnəʊˌfɔːl
spatfall
ˈspætˌfɔːl
waterfall
ˈwɔːtəˌfɔːl
windfall
ˈwɪndˌfɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATFALL

caterpillar hunter
Caterpillar track
Caterpillar tractor
caterwaul
caterwauler
caterwauling
cates
Catesby
catface
catfacing
catfight
catfish
catgut
Cathar
Cathari
catharise
Catharism
Catharist
catharses
catharsis

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATFALL

acceleration of free fall
backfall
befall
bergfall
chainfall
crossfall
dewfall
fall
flag fall
free fall
jawfall
misfall
onfall
refall
ride for a fall
rock fall
take the fall

Synonyms and antonyms of catfall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «catfall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATFALL

Find out the translation of catfall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catfall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catfall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

catfall
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

catfall
570 millions of speakers

English

catfall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

catfall
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

catfall
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

catfall
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

queda felina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

catfall
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catfall
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kucing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

catfall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

catfall
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

catfall
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cathead
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

catfall
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

catfall
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅटफॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

catfall
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catfall
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

catfall
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

catfall
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catfall
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

catfall
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

catfall
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

catfall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

catfall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catfall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATFALL»

The term «catfall» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.903 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATFALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catfall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATFALL»

Discover the use of catfall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catfall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cooper's Novels
As was due to his greater experience and his rank, Catfall was the principal speaker among those who lined the heel of the bowsprit. “ This here coast is mountainious, as one may own,” observed the captain of the forecastle; “ but what I say is, ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1854
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Cooper's Works
As was due to his greater experience and his rank, Catfall was the principal speaker among those who lined the heel of the bowsprit. " This here coast is mountainious, as one may own," observed the captain of the forecastle ; " but what I say is ...
James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, 1855
3
The Jack O'Lantern, Or The Privateer by J. F. Cooper
The first captain of the forecastle was an old seaman of the name of Catfall. At the precise moment when Strand occupied the position named, between the knight- heads, this personage was holding a discourse with three or four of the ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1843
4
The Jack O'lantern (le Feu-Follet), Or the Privateer
As was due to his greater experience and his rank, Catfall was the principal speaker among those who lined the heel of the bowsprit. " This here coast is mouniainious, as one may own," observed the captain of the forecastle ; " but what I say is ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1843
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Cooper's Sea Tales
As was due to his greater experience and his rank, Catfall was the principal speaker among those who lined the heel of the bowsprit. " This here coast is mountainious, as one may own," observed the captain of the forecastle ; " but what I say is ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1857
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The Jack O'Lantern; or, The privateer
As was due to his greater experience and his rank, Catfall was the principal speaker among those who lined the heel of the bowsprit. "This here coast is mountainous, as one may own," observed the captain of the forecastle ; " but what I say is, ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1842
7
The Wing-and-wing, Or, Le Feu-follet: A Tale
There you're right, Catfall," said Strand, in a patronizing way ; " as anybody knows as has been round the Horn. I didn't sail with Captain Cook, seeing that I was then the boatswain of the Hussar, and she couldn't have made one of Cook's ...
James Fenimore Cooper, 1873
8
Dictionary of Naval Terms
To hang an old-fashioned anchor from the cathead with the catfall to its ring, either by hoisting it from the insight condition when weighing anchor, or by swinging it from its at-sea stowage with the cat-davit. In preparation for anchoring, the ...
Deborah W. Cutler, Thomas J. Cutler, 2005
9
The Art of Rigging ... The Second Edition, Considerably ...
... the fore part, or bight, is seised in a dead-eye, or thimble, which sets up with a laniard to a dead-eye, or thimble, sdsed in a strapt fixed round the outer end of the boomkin. . CATFALL FITTING on WHEN AT sea, ' 103 CATFALL reeves through.
David STEEL, 1806
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A new and complete dictionary of the English and German ...
Catcall, i. ble JPfeife (ju ffeifen); bie ïcÎffeife (¡uni fanôe). [StnFer&afeno. Catfall, ». (Sea) bet Saufet beS Catfish,», bet ЯаСеп|!(ф. Catgut, s. bie Zatmfaite ; fig. - scraper, bet Bietfieblet; (eine art fflaje) bas îMarli. Catharpings, kat-här-plngs, j>7.
J. H. Kaltschmidt, 1837

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATFALL»

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Catfall - moggy survives 70ft plunge from a viaduct
First published Wednesday 31 October 2012 in News · Stroud News and Journal: Photograph of the Author by Chris Warne, SNJ reporter for Stonehouse and ... «Stroud News and Journal, Oct 12»

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