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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- The Allied and the enemy submarine played a game of cat and mouse, checking up on each other's whereabouts and strategies.
- The hackers played a cat and mouse game with the system administrators: the hackers kept trying new tricks, and the system administrators kept mounting electronic defenses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A form of attack in which the attacker toys with the victim by inflicting minor damage or letting the victim have futile hopes of escape before finally finishing the victim off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A children's game in which one player (the "cat") attempts to break through a ring of players to catch another player (the "mouse") in the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative form of cat-and-mouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cat and rat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: child's game
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
котка и мишка
(kotka i miška)
— two keeping check on one another
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Chinese Mandarin:
貓捉老鼠的遊戲 /猫捉老鼠的游戏
(māo zhuō lǎoshǔ-de yóuxì)
— two keeping check on one another
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Czech:
na kočku a myš
— two keeping check on one another
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Czech:
hra na kočku a na myš
— two keeping check on one another
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Czech:
na kočku a na myš
— two keeping check on one another
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Czech:
hra na kočku a myš
— two keeping check on one another
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Dutch:
kat-en-muisspel
— two keeping check on one another
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Finnish:
kissa ja hiiri -leikki
— two keeping check on one another
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French:
jeu du chat et de la souris
— two keeping check on one another
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German:
Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
— two keeping check on one another
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Hungarian:
macska-egér játék
— two keeping check on one another
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Italian:
giocare a gatto e topo
— two keeping check on one another
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Japanese:
いたちごっこ
(itachi-gokko)
— two keeping check on one another
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Javanese:
kucing-kucingan
— two keeping check on one another
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Polish:
but see bawić się w kotka i myszkę
— two keeping check on one another
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Portuguese:
jogo de gato e rato
— two keeping check on one another
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Romanian:
jocul de-a șoarecele și pisica
— two keeping check on one another
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Russian:
ко́шки-мы́шки
(kóški-mýški)
— two keeping check on one another
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Spanish:
juego del gato y el ratón
— two keeping check on one another
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Telugu:
పిల్లీ ఎలుకా దొంగాట
(pillī elukā doṅgāṭa)
— two keeping check on one another
