Usually means: Stray, independent cat roaming streets.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word alley cat:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. alley cat: Merriam-Webster
  2. alley cat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alley cat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alley cat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alley cat: Vocabulary.com
  6. alley-cat: Wordnik
  7. alley cat: Wiktionary
  8. alley cat: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. alley cat: Dictionary.com
  10. Alley Cat (album), Alley Cat (film), Alley Cat (song), Alley Cat (video game), Alley cat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. alley cat: Rhymezone
  12. alley cat: FreeDictionary.org
  13. alley cat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. alley cat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. alley cat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  16. alley cat: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alley-cat: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. alley cat, alley cat: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Alley-Cat, alley cat: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See alley_cats as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alley cat)

noun:  An urban feral cat.
noun:  (figurative, humorous) A sexually promiscuous person, especially a woman.
noun:  A (female) prostitute.
noun:  (cycling) An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.
verb:  (slang, intransitive) Synonym of cat around (“engage in sex with various partners”)

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