Catnip

Definition: Catnip

Catnip

Noun

1. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats.

Date "catnip" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Catnip

Domain	Definitions
Computing	CATNIP Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet Protocol. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Food & Agriculture	Also catnep: a strong-scented herb (Nepeta cataria) that has whorls of small dull-white purple-dotted flowers in a terminal spike. . . is much relished by cats; called also catmint. Source: European Union. (references)
	Also catnep:a strong-scented herb(Nepeta cataria)that has whorls of small dull-white purple-dotted flowers in a terminal spike, is much relished by cats. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Catnip

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CATNIP	English	Common ArchiTecture for Next generation Internet Protocol	Computer - (IPNG, RFC 1707)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Catnip

Synonym: catmint (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Catnip

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Agueweed, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts; feverroot, feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina; sassafras, yarrow.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Catnip

English words defined with "catnip": Cat's-foot ♦ Dragon's head ♦ Nep. (references)

Specialty definitions using "catnip": Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet Protocol ♦ RFC 1707. (references)

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Modern Usage: Catnip

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Champagne? That must be what they call catnip in Paris. (Gay Purr-ee; writing credit: Chuck Jones; Dorothy Jones) That's like catnip to a cat, in a town where the ladies outnumber you ten to one. (Murphy's Romance; writing credit: Max Schott; Harriet Frank Jr.) It's not catnip, Harold. (Everwood; writing credit: Michael Green; Rina Mimoun)
Movie/TV Titles	A Taste of Catnip (1966) The Catnip Gang (1949) Catnip Capers (1940) Miss Catnip Goes to the Movies (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Catnip

Domain	Title
Books	Bernard and the Catnip Caper (reference) Beyond my catnip garden; [poems] (reference) Catnip (reference) Catnip and Kerosene Grass: What Plants Teach Us About Life (reference) Catnip for the Soul (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Catnip (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Herman & Catnip (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Catnip

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Photo Album: Catnip

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Retribution: Thomas the widower: Merciful catnip! this is what I get for abusing my wife! the ghosts of her nine lives have come to haunt me!.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Catnip

"Catnip" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Catnip" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Catnip

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "catnip": catnip-soaked.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catnip

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
catnip toy	3,539	catnip high	4
catnip	2,103	catnip information	4
catnip tea	35	catnip dog	4
catnip oil	33	kitten and catnip	4
smoking catnip	30	cat catnip effects	4
catnip plant	28	catnip drying	4
growing catnip	20	catnip insect repellent	4
catnip herb	10	catnip sample	3
catnip effects	10	catnip fennel	3
video catnip	8	catnip mosquito	3
cat on catnip	8	catnip picture plant	3
catnip use	7	catnip sage	3
catnip seed	7	cosmic catnip	3
catnip smoke	7	catnip termite	3
catnip picture	6	catnip mosquito repellent	3
catnip essential oil	6	catnip cosmic online post scratching	3
catnip grow	6	catnip cuecat	3
catnip online toy	6	catnip bubble	3
catnip operation	5	banana catnip	2
catnip organic toy	5	catnip magazine	2
cosmic catnip scratching post	4	catnip spray	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Catnip

Language		Translations for "catnip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		коча билка (catmint, meadow sweet). (various references)

Danish		katteurt (catmint, catnep, catnip US), kattemynte (catmint, catnep), bøf (beefsteak, steak). (various references)

Dutch		kattekruid (catmint, catnep, catnip US). (various references)

Finnish		aitokissanminttu (catmint, catnep, catnip US). (various references)

French		catnip, cataire (catmint, catnep), menthe de chat (catmint, catnep), herbe aux chats (catmint, catnep). (various references)

German		Schöne (beautiful, beauty, Belle). (various references)

Greek		γλήχωμα το γαλεόφιλον (catmint, catnep), είδοσ δυόσμου. (various references)

Hungarian		illatos macskamenta (catmint, cat-nip), gyöngymenta (catmint). (various references)

Italian		cataria (catmint, catnep), menta dei gatti (catmint, catnep), erba gattaia (catmint, catnep, catnip US), bidone (bin, can, churn, drum, dud, tank, tin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		木天�"� (Actinidia polygama, silver vine), イディッシュ語 (id, ideologue, ideology, initial, initialize, initials, initiation, initiative, initiator, inning, Yiddish). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		またたび (Actinidia polygama, silver vine, wandering life of a gambler), イヌハッカ . (various references)

Pig Latin		atnipcay

Portuguese		nepenta. (various references)

Russian		котовик кошачий (cat-mint). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mačja trava (catmint). (various references)

Spanish		menta de gato (catmint, catnip US), albahaca (basil, catmint, catnip US, sweet basil). (various references)

Swedish		kattmynta (catmint, catnep, catnip US). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Catnip

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Nepeta cataria. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Catnip

Derivations
	Words beginning with "catnip": catnips. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Catnip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canip, canti, cantii, Cantil, cantop, carnap, catin, catna, catnic, catnipe, cetoniid, Chashnik, conip, katnap. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Catnip"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "catnip" (pronounced ka"tnup)
3	-n u p	Stanhope, sunup, turnip.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Catnip

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-p-t"
	-1 letter: actin, antic, inapt, paint, panic, patin, pinta.
	-2 letters: anti, cain, cant, nipa, pact, pain, pant, pian, pica, pina, pint, pita, tain.
	-3 letters: act, ain, ait, ani, ant, apt, can, cap, cat, nap, nip, nit, pac, pan, pat, pia, pic, pin, pit, tan, tap, tic, tin, tip.
	-4 letters: ai, an, at, in, it, na, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-p-t"
	+1 letter: cantrip, captain, caption, catnips, paction, picante.
	+2 letters: antipyic, cantraip, cantrips, captains, captions, coapting, haptenic, nightcap, optician, pactions, panoptic, patching, patience, pedantic, pitchman, pittance, platinic, platonic, synaptic, tympanic.
	+3 letters: accepting, analeptic, anapestic, anthropic, antipyics, aphanitic, aplanatic, applicant, cantraips, captaincy, captained, captioned, capturing, carpeting, cathepsin, cisplatin, cocaptain, complaint, compliant, crepitant, haplontic, impacting, impaction, inculpate, nightcaps, nonimpact, opticians, outpacing, packeting, pancratia, panmictic, pantropic, patencies, patiences, patrician, pectinate, phenacite, pianistic, pickthank, pittances, placating, placation, plication, pneumatic, preacting, prolactin, pugnacity, sincipita, untypical, upcasting.
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