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CAT AND MOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
cat and mouse; cat and rat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cat and mouse" is a kind of...):
child's game (a game enjoyed by children)