Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
cat-and-mouse — [kat΄ n mous′] adj. Informal of or designating behavior like that of a cat toying with a mouse; specif., of or designating a strategy by which one repeatedly challenges an opponent while waiting to strike * * * cat and mouse (kătʹn mousʹ) adj. 1 … Universalium
Cat and mouse — Cat and mouse, often expressed as cat and mouse game, is an English language idiom dating back to 1675 that means a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes. cite web |url=http://www.merriam… … Wikipedia
cat and mouse — 1. Also called cat and rat. a children s game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player. 2. Western U.S. tick… … Universalium
cat and mouse — noun Date: 1675 behavior like that of a cat with a mouse: as a. the act of toying with or tormenting something before destroying it b. a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes < played a game of cat and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cat and mouse — noun A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other. The Allied and the enemy submarine played a… … Wiktionary
Cat and Mouse (unofficial PGR game) — Cat and Mouse is an improvised racing game type for Project Gotham Racing 2 (PGR2) and 3 (PGR3) played on Xbox Live. In PGR2 all players must agree to the rules as it is not a built in game type. However, Cat and Mouse is a built in game type in… … Wikipedia
Cat and mouse (disambiguation) — Cat and mouse is an English idiom meaning a situation where a prey entity continually escapes its predator. It may also refer to: * Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass book), a German novel by Günter Grass * Cat and Mouse (James Patterson novel), the… … Wikipedia
Cat and Mouse in Partnership — is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.PlotA cat and a mouse decide to keep house together. In times of need they bought a pot of fat and put it in the church where it would be safe. After a little while the cat yearned for the fat and made up an excuse… … Wikipedia
Cat and Mouse (James Patterson novel) — Cat and Mouse is the fourth novel in the homicide detective, Psychologist Alex Cross series by James Patterson. It revolves around Cross dealing with Gary Soneji, the psychopathic serial killer from Along Came a Spider , and another serial killer … Wikipedia
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass book) — infobox Book | name = Cat and Mouse title orig = Katz und Maus translator = image caption = author = Günter Grass illustrator = cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = Danzig Trilogy genre = Novel publisher = Luchterhand… … Wikipedia
Cat and Mouse Act — The Cat and Mouse Act (formally the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill Health) Act 1913) was an Act of Parliament passed in Britain under Herbert Henry Asquith s Liberal government in 1913. It made legal the hunger strikes that Suffragettes… … Wikipedia
