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名詞

alley cat (plural alley cats)

1. An urban feral cat.

   Hypernym: feral cat

2. (figurative, humorous) A sexually promiscuous person, especially a woman.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:alley cat.
   1. A (female) prostitute.
3. (cycling) An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.

動詞

alley cat (third-person singular simple present alley cats, present participle alley catting, simple past and past participle alley catted)

1. (slang, intransitive) Synonym of cat around (“engage in sex with various partners”)

参考

• stray dog
• cathouse (brothel)

名詞

alleycat (plural alleycats)

1. Alternative form of alley cat
   • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 15 November 2016:

     Having dropped just nine games in two matches – two short of Jimmy Connors's 1980 record – [Roger] Federer was reduced to fighting like an alleycat.

   • 2008 March 9, Colin Moynihan, “Add Alleycat Races to List of Bike Messengers’ Risks”, in New York Times‎:

     There are also competitions called alleycats, in which bicyclists pick their own routes between a series of checkpoints where monitors stamp their paper manifests.

動詞

alleycat (third-person singular simple present alleycats, present participle alleycatting, simple past and past participle alleycatted)

1. Alternative form of alley cat