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| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | CAT CALL. A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It derives its name from one of its sounds, which greatly resembles the modulation of an intriguing boar cat. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cat call | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CAT CALL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | γιουχάισμα (jeer), ούρλιασμα (snarl, yelp, yowl). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atcay allcay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: catcall. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-l-l-t" | |
-2 letters: calla. | |
-3 letters: acta, caca, call, tala, talc, tall. | |
-4 letters: aal, act, ala, all, alt, cat, lac, lat. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, at, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-l-l-t" | |
+1 letter: catcalls, catchall. | |
+2 letters: calculate, catcalled, catchalls. | |
+3 letters: arctically, calculated, calculates, calculator, catcalling, malolactic, tactically. | |
+4 letters: accentually, actinically, ascetically, calculating, calculation, calculators, cataclysmal, caustically, chaotically, collectanea, dialectical, parallactic, practically, recalculate. | |
+5 letters: accidentally, acoustically, acrostically, anticlerical, calculatedly, calculations, cancellation, cathodically, catholically, cationically, circulatable, classicality, climatically, didactically, ecstatically, lactobacilli, miscalculate, narcotically, recalculated, recalculates, scatological, thoracically, uncalculated. | |
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