Verb
To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
nauticaltransporttransitive
The anchors were catted at the bows of the yacht […]To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
nauticaltransporttransitive
To vomit.
archaicslang
‘He's going to cat, Maxim,’ said the Pussum warningly. The suave young Russian rose and took Halliday by the arm, leading him away.To go wandering at night.
"He doesn't realize that I know," Lord Callan said, "but it's been pretty obvious that most of his catting about London's darker alleys has been a search for his origins.To gossip in a catty manner.
Men from young to middleaged, with matt faces, vivacious and brightly dressed, catted together in gay groups.To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
computingengineeringmathematicsnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencessciencestransitive
To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
computingengineeringmathematicsnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencessciencesslang