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Meaning of cat around | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around; to cheat on a sexual partner.
    intransitive, slang
  2. To wander; to waste time or idle.
    US, intransitive, slang

Examples

“Mrs S. was convinced that any girl who visited a boy in his bedsitter after 10 p.m. was up to no good. 'If you boys want to cat around, okay, but you're not going to do it under my roof! This is a respectable house!' she was fond of saying whenever she suspected we were trying to put one across her - which was practically all the time.”
“Before then, I catted around, ever since the urge came to me. I learned blond hair, blue eyes, an innocent look works with women. I had many girls. I stayed out to all hours. Mother never cared.”
“None of them seemed to know that Nikki had been catting around behind Brandon's back with her roommate's boyfriend (thank God).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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