cat and dogn.

Forms: see cat n.¹, and conj.¹, and dog n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cat n.¹, and conj.¹, dog n.¹

Etymology: < cat n.¹ + and conj.¹ + dog n.¹

1. (Usually as cat-and-dog.) Referring to the proverbial enmity between the two animals: attributive. Full of strife; inharmonious; quarrelsome.

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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness > typical example of

cat and doga1745

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective]

cat and dog1821

cat-and-doggish1878

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 9^v He..shall see them agree like dogges and cattes.

a1745 J. Swift Phyllis in Poems (1937) I. 225 They keep at Staines the old Blue Boar, Are cat and dog, and rogue and whore.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 35 Married he was..and a cat-and-dog life she led with Tony.

1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Jan. 186 The fast-sinking Old Times news-paper, its cat-and-dog opponent the New Times.

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xliii. 384 They..were gracious..and abstained from all cat-and-dog absurdities.

2. to rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily. Also attributive, raining heavily. Similarly to blow (also pour) cats and dogs.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily

ropec1450

to ding down1554

to come down1597

to ding onc1650

to rain cats and dogs1661

sile1703

pour1737

teem1753

pepper1767

flood1813

to rain pitchforks1815

rash1824

spate1853

bucket1926

tipplea1930

piss1948

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > very

pouring1577

to rain cats and dogs1849

torrential1849

a1652 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. D7^v, in Five New Playes (1653) It shall raine..Dogs and Polecats.]

1661 T. Flatman Don Juan Lamberto (new ed.) ii. iv. sig. L Here we have Houses over our heads, so that if it should rain Dogs and Cats we could have no harm.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 178 I know Sir John will go, tho' he was sure it would rain Cats and Dogs.

1766 P. Thicknesse Observ. Customs Fr. Nation 106 It blows cats and dogs, as the sailors say.

1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 78 It began raining cats & dogs.

1848 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 292 It blew great guns and poured cats and dogs.

1849 W. M. Thackeray in Scribner's Mag. 1 551/1 Pouring with rain..and the most dismal..cat and dog day.

1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 188 It always ‘rained cats and dogs’.

1997 Brainwaves Catal. (Innovations Plc) Christmas 24/1 When it's raining cats and dogs—this umbrella says it all!

3. A game played with a piece of wood called a cat (cf. cat n.¹ 10a) and a club called a dog.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun]

cat's-pellet1609

trippet1624

cat1626

kit-cat1665

cat's-play1668

tipcat1801

cat and dog1808

piggy1862

piggy-and-stick1932

kennetjie1947

1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.

1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 301/2 Cat and dog is in one sense a classical game. Bunyan tells us that he was playing at it.

Derivatives

cat-and-doggish adj.

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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective]

cat and dog1821

cat-and-doggish1878

1878 Cornhill Mag. XXXVIII. 648 To live under the same roof, a cat-and-doggish life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cat and dog
释义	cat and dogn. Forms: see cat n.¹, and conj.¹, and dog n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cat n.¹, and conj.¹, dog n.¹ Etymology: < cat n.¹ + and conj.¹ + dog n.¹ 1. (Usually as cat-and-dog.) Referring to the proverbial enmity between the two animals: attributive. Full of strife; inharmonious; quarrelsome. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrelsomeness > typical example of cat and doga1745 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] cat and dog1821 cat-and-doggish1878 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 9^v He..shall see them agree like dogges and cattes. a1745 J. Swift Phyllis in Poems (1937) I. 225 They keep at Staines the old Blue Boar, Are cat and dog, and rogue and whore. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 35 Married he was..and a cat-and-dog life she led with Tony. 1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Jan. 186 The fast-sinking Old Times news-paper, its cat-and-dog opponent the New Times. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xliii. 384 They..were gracious..and abstained from all cat-and-dog absurdities. 2. to rain cats and dogs: to rain very heavily. Also attributive, raining heavily. Similarly to blow (also pour) cats and dogs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily ropec1450 to ding down1554 to come down1597 to ding onc1650 to rain cats and dogs1661 sile1703 pour1737 teem1753 pepper1767 flood1813 to rain pitchforks1815 rash1824 spate1853 bucket1926 tipplea1930 piss1948 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > very pouring1577 to rain cats and dogs1849 torrential1849 a1652 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. D7^v, in Five New Playes (1653) It shall raine..Dogs and Polecats.] 1661 T. Flatman Don Juan Lamberto (new ed.) ii. iv. sig. L Here we have Houses over our heads, so that if it should rain Dogs and Cats we could have no harm. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 178 I know Sir John will go, tho' he was sure it would rain Cats and Dogs. 1766 P. Thicknesse Observ. Customs Fr. Nation 106 It blows cats and dogs, as the sailors say. 1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 78 It began raining cats & dogs. 1848 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 292 It blew great guns and poured cats and dogs. 1849 W. M. Thackeray in Scribner's Mag. 1 551/1 Pouring with rain..and the most dismal..cat and dog day. 1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 188 It always ‘rained cats and dogs’. 1997 Brainwaves Catal. (Innovations Plc) Christmas 24/1 When it's raining cats and dogs—this umbrella says it all! 3. A game played with a piece of wood called a cat (cf. cat n.¹ 10a) and a club called a dog. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. 1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 301/2 Cat and dog is in one sense a classical game. Bunyan tells us that he was playing at it. Derivatives cat-and-doggish adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] cat and dog1821 cat-and-doggish1878 1878 Cornhill Mag. XXXVIII. 648 To live under the same roof, a cat-and-doggish life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1579
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