black cat

Speech parts

1. black cat - Noun

2. black cat - Verb

Meaning

large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fisher pekan fisher cat Martes pennanti armadillo animal thundercloud brown cat dark cat dim cat menacing cat sick cat unfortunate cat unlucky cat villainous cat
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Antonyms

calico cat

Hypernyms

marten marten cat

Examples

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it. Laurence J. Peter

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it. Oscar Wilde

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Robert A. Heinlein

With the certitude of a true believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black cat. He said that there were only black cat chaped holes in the universe. Arundhati Roy

It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room - especially if the cat isn't there. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

black carpet beetle black carpet moth black cash black catechu black cattle black caviar