Meaning of cat around | Babel Free

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).”

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