Usually means: Whip with nine knotted strands.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word cat o' nine tails:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. cat-o'-nine-tails: Merriam-Webster
  2. cat-o'-nine-tails: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cat-o'-nine-tails: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cat-o'-nine-tails, cat-o'-nine-tails: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cat-o'-nine-tails: Vocabulary.com
  6. cat-o'-nine-tails, cat-o-nine-tails, cat-o -nine-tails, cat o' nine tails: Wordnik
  7. cat-o'-nine-tails: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cat-o'-nine-tails: Wiktionary
  9. cat-o'-nine-tails: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Cat o' nine tails, cat-o'-nine-tails, cat-o-nine-tails, cat o' nine tails, cat o nine tails: Dictionary.com
  11. Cat-o'-nine-tails, Cat-o-nine-tails, Cat-o-nine tails, Cat o' nine tails, Cat o' nine tails (disambiguation), Cat o nine tails, The Cat o' Nine Tails: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cat o' nine tails: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. cat-o'-nine-tails: Rhymezone
  14. Cat o' nine tails: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. cat-o-nine-tails: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cat-o'-nine-tails: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Cat o' nine tails, cat-o'-nine-tails: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Cat-o-nine-tails: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. cat o nine tails: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cat-o'-nine-tails: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cat o' nine tails: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Cat o' nine tails)

noun:  The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whip or flail.
noun:  The cat o' nine tails is a type of multi-tailed whip.


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