cat's meow

cat's meow

noun

Definition of CAT'S MEOW

: a highly admired person or thing

Examples of CAT'S MEOW

1. <this flapper-style dress was the cat's meow back in the roaring 1920s>

First Known Use of CAT'S MEOW

1926

Related to CAT'S MEOW

Synonyms: beaut, beauty, bee's knees, jim–dandy, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie also doozer), dream, honey, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, pippin, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart

Related Words: marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, wonder; catch, crown jewel, diamond, gem, imperial, jewel, pearl, plum, treasure

Near Antonyms: bust, disappointment, dud, failure, flop, lemon, letdown, loser, stinker, turkey

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Rhymes with CAT'S MEOW

anyhow, carabao, curaçao, Curaçao, disallow, disavow, disendow, here and now, Hu Jintao, Krakatau, middlebrow, Mindanao, sacred cow, simple vow, solemn vow