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Meaning of cat's-paw

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cat's-paw

noun

Definitions

  1. A paw of a cat.

  2. Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.

  3. A minor breeze that ripples the surface of a body of water.

  4. A twisting variant of the lark's-foot hitch which forms two small bights used to hook a pair of tackles to a rope.