(uncountable) A children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers. / (countable, idiomatic) Any complicated structure that appears to be without purpose.

(simile) Very nervous.

(electronics) The wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio.

(informal, endearing) A cat; a pussy. / (informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person. / The silky catkin of various willows. / (dated) A sexy woman.

A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.

(slang, originally) A rich person who contributes to a political campaign. / (slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labour of others.

(physics) A superposition of the most extreme states possible in a system, analogous with Schrödinger's cat, which is in a superposition of "dead" and "alive".

A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.

plural of cat's whisker

Something considered to be outstanding. / Java tea (Orthosiphon aristatus)