cat and mouse

cat and mouse

noun

Definition of CAT AND MOUSE

: 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 mouse with the police>; broadly : an evasive action

First Known Use of CAT AND MOUSE

1675

Rhymes with CAT AND MOUSE

barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, Mickey Mouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse