cat-and-dog
adjective
1
: resembling or having the character of the proverbial antagonism of dogs and cats:
a
: quarrelsome, inharmonious
they led a cat-and-dog life together—
Ellen Glasgow
Ellen Glasgow
b
of a fight
: malicious and incessant
the cat-and-dog fight among the early wire companies—F. L. Mott
F. L. Mott2
: being or consisting of cheap or questionable securities : highly speculative
cat-and-dog stocks are swinging through sensational gyrations—rising 100 percent in ten days, then collapsing—Sylvia F. Porter
Sylvia F. PorterDictionary Entries Near cat-and-dog
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“Cat-and-dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cat-and-dog. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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