CAT AND MOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cat and mouse mean? 

• CAT AND MOUSE (noun)
  The noun CAT AND MOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first

  Familiarity information: CAT AND MOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAT AND MOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cat and mouse; cat and rat

Hypernyms ("cat and mouse" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)