cat suit
- noun
- /kæt suːt/
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traje de cuerpo
- During the audition, the dancer impressed the judges in her colorful cat suit.
So I kept them in and I've worn cat suits, but I've never worn like a long cat suit.
- So I kept them in and I've worn cat suits, but I've never worn like a long cat suit.
- Look at the costumes, you know, and the, and the skin tight cat suits and the mini skirts and the high heels.
Examples
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He wore a black cat suit while performing acrobatics at the circus.
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One of them was wearing a cat suit.
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Me in a cat suit, duh!
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Some chick in a cat suit murdered Slavicky last night.
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You know, I love a jumpsuit, cat suit, but in your mum's curtain print, I'm not sure about that.
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You're probably wondering why the is this woman wearing a cat suit on Evan Carmichael's channel?
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So I kept them in and I've worn cat suits, but I've never worn like a long cat suit.
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The two women were wearing exercise costumes of skin-tight gleaming spandex: Meg in a cat-suit of silver and Hertha in a purple leotard and pink biking shorts.
Fiction book (1992) -
For her dance performance, she chose a striking cat suit that highlighted her movements.
Synonyms
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3.5
A tight one-piece of clothing that covers the upper body and is worn by dancers or gymnasts
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3.2
A close-fitting one-piece item of clothing that covers the upper body and sometimes the arms or legs
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5.6
Tight one-piece clothing that covers the body from the neck to the ankles, often worn for dance
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5.4
A tight, stretchy one-piece outfit from shoulders to thighs or ankles, worn by dancers and acrobats
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3.1
A tight, stretchy piece of clothing that covers the torso and sometimes the arms and legs
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
cat + suit
The compound 'cat suit' is compositionally interpretable as a suit related to or resembling a cat, so a learner who knows 'cat' and 'suit' will likely infer it denotes a type of garment (often costume-like or sleek). However, the specific sense — a one-piece, close-fitting, stretch garment worn for performance — is partly conventionalized and requires cultural/lexical knowledge beyond the literal constituents, so the meaning is only partly predictable.
Etymology
Cat suit may come from the image of a cat's smooth, close body and the word suit for clothing, because the outfit fits tightly like a cat and lets a person move quietly and easily. That's why 'cat suit' now means a tight one-piece garment used for dance or performance.