alley catn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈalɪ kat/, U.S.

/ˈæli ˌkæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alley n.¹, cat n.¹

Etymology: < alley n.¹ + cat n.¹

A. n. chiefly North American.

a. A stray cat living in an urban environment.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat

mouser1440

mouse-taker?c1475

mouse-catcher1611

Kilkenny cat1822

spitfire1825

alley cat1886

stray1892

tiler1905

1885 Puck (N.Y.) 26 Aug. 411/2 That miserable, sneaking, green-eyed Dick Briggs. Why is he here? I thought he only associated with back-alley cats.]

1886 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 24 July I'm a poor little alley cat: I know what is meant by ‘scat’.

1904 C. Fuller (title) The alley cat's kitten.

1949 Flying May 72/2 The seaplane has more uses than an alley cat has fleas.

1970 Boys' Life Sept. 64/3 The plain alley cat comes in hundreds of interesting color patterns. Your local animal rescue shelter probably has dozens.

2005 S. R. Murphy Cat breaking Free (2006) 165 He sorted through Chichi Barbi's trash like a common alley cat.

b. Originally slang. A person likened to such a cat in being wild or living on the streets; a criminal; a sexually promiscuous person. Cf. tomcat n. 2.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher

lecherc1175

lechererc1380

router1531

twigger1573

luxur1604

bitch-hunter1611

whorehopper1664

swinge-bow1675

tomcat1884

chippy chaser1887

alley cat1911

lech1943

stoata1960

shark1981

1911 Munsey's Mag. 672/1 ‘You little Chicago alley-cat!’ growled Bruce.

1926 S. Lewis Mantrap iv. 44 Lord, how petty! So proud of himself for actually thinking up a way of insulting that mangy alley cat!

1941 Time 16 June 85/1 [list of words not to be used in film scripts] Alley cat (applied to a woman).

1959 Maclean's 15 Aug. 21/1 Lean and hungry alley-cat men swung down from the freights and headed for a fifteen-cent mission meal.

1975 P. Theroux Great Railway Bazaar iii. 45 I had been warned that most of the alley cats were transvestites who, during the day, worked as crew members on the Bosporus ferries.

1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) vi. 239 I was a simp, mooning over an alleycat like Hal.

2. An alleycat race (see sense B.).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > types of

century1883

pursuit1897

madison1927

omnium1947

pursuiter1951

cyclo-cross1953

keirin1957

kermesse1963

bicycle motocross1973

cyclosportive1999

alley cat2003

sportive2005

2003 N.Y. Times 4 May cy8/1 Headlining the festival is ‘Red Light Go’, a documentary on New York bicycle messengers and the street races that are known as alleycats.

2008 Observer 9 Mar. 16/3 The New York Monstertrack, normally the biggest annual alleycat in the US.

2011 J. L. Kidder Urban Flow v. 107 Alleycats test the routing skills of urban cycling far more than they test..problem-solving skills.

B. adj. (attributive).

Frequently as one word. Designating or engaged in informal (usually illegal) racing organized by bicycle couriers and taking place in an urban environment, in which competitors must complete a number of tasks or register at designated checkpoints along the route, esp. in alleycat race.

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1995 Financial Post (Canada) 11 Mar. 46/5 Many Fridays..Toronto riders will take part in an illegal alleycat race... In a test of their riding skills, couriers tear across town to win money, valuable bicycle parts and alcohol.

2001 T. H. Culley Immortal Class (2002) ix. 234 Alley cat races..are different from a professional bike race because they are designed to simulate the specific problems that messengers regularly encounter.

2010 East Bay (Calif.) Express (Nexis) 12 May Alleycat racers tend to run red lights, swerve in and out of traffic, and go the wrong way on one-way streets trying to beat competitors to the next checkpoint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alley cat
释义	alley catn.adj. Brit. /ˈalɪ kat/, U.S. /ˈæli ˌkæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alley n.¹, cat n.¹ Etymology: < alley n.¹ + cat n.¹ A. n. chiefly North American. 1. a. A stray cat living in an urban environment. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat mouser1440 mouse-taker?c1475 mouse-catcher1611 Kilkenny cat1822 spitfire1825 alley cat1886 stray1892 tiler1905 1885 Puck (N.Y.) 26 Aug. 411/2 That miserable, sneaking, green-eyed Dick Briggs. Why is he here? I thought he only associated with back-alley cats.] 1886 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 24 July I'm a poor little alley cat: I know what is meant by ‘scat’. 1904 C. Fuller (title) The alley cat's kitten. 1949 Flying May 72/2 The seaplane has more uses than an alley cat has fleas. 1970 Boys' Life Sept. 64/3 The plain alley cat comes in hundreds of interesting color patterns. Your local animal rescue shelter probably has dozens. 2005 S. R. Murphy Cat breaking Free (2006) 165 He sorted through Chichi Barbi's trash like a common alley cat. b. Originally slang. A person likened to such a cat in being wild or living on the streets; a criminal; a sexually promiscuous person. Cf. tomcat n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher lecherc1175 lechererc1380 router1531 twigger1573 luxur1604 bitch-hunter1611 whorehopper1664 swinge-bow1675 tomcat1884 chippy chaser1887 alley cat1911 lech1943 stoata1960 shark1981 1911 Munsey's Mag. 672/1 ‘You little Chicago alley-cat!’ growled Bruce. 1926 S. Lewis Mantrap iv. 44 Lord, how petty! So proud of himself for actually thinking up a way of insulting that mangy alley cat! 1941 Time 16 June 85/1 [list of words not to be used in film scripts] Alley cat (applied to a woman). 1959 Maclean's 15 Aug. 21/1 Lean and hungry alley-cat men swung down from the freights and headed for a fifteen-cent mission meal. 1975 P. Theroux Great Railway Bazaar iii. 45 I had been warned that most of the alley cats were transvestites who, during the day, worked as crew members on the Bosporus ferries. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) vi. 239 I was a simp, mooning over an alleycat like Hal. 2. An alleycat race (see sense B.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > types of century1883 pursuit1897 madison1927 omnium1947 pursuiter1951 cyclo-cross1953 keirin1957 kermesse1963 bicycle motocross1973 cyclosportive1999 alley cat2003 sportive2005 2003 N.Y. Times 4 May cy8/1 Headlining the festival is ‘Red Light Go’, a documentary on New York bicycle messengers and the street races that are known as alleycats. 2008 Observer 9 Mar. 16/3 The New York Monstertrack, normally the biggest annual alleycat in the US. 2011 J. L. Kidder Urban Flow v. 107 Alleycats test the routing skills of urban cycling far more than they test..problem-solving skills. B. adj. (attributive). Frequently as one word. Designating or engaged in informal (usually illegal) racing organized by bicycle couriers and taking place in an urban environment, in which competitors must complete a number of tasks or register at designated checkpoints along the route, esp. in alleycat race. ΚΠ 1995 Financial Post (Canada) 11 Mar. 46/5 Many Fridays..Toronto riders will take part in an illegal alleycat race... In a test of their riding skills, couriers tear across town to win money, valuable bicycle parts and alcohol. 2001 T. H. Culley Immortal Class (2002) ix. 234 Alley cat races..are different from a professional bike race because they are designed to simulate the specific problems that messengers regularly encounter. 2010 East Bay (Calif.) Express (Nexis) 12 May Alleycat racers tend to run red lights, swerve in and out of traffic, and go the wrong way on one-way streets trying to beat competitors to the next checkpoint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1886
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