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Definition of Cat and rat
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cat And Rat
Literary usage of Cat and rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games by Ethel Perrin, Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (1902)
"*cat and rat. Grade: Primary, Grammar. No. of Players: 10 to 30. One player is
chosen to be the cat and one to be the rat. The other players join hands and ..."
2. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"(Cat and Rat.) The players stand in a circle facing inward, grasping hands.
The teacher chooses one child as the cat, who stands outside, and another child ..."
3. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"cat and rat Playground; gymnasium; parlor. One player is chosen for cat and one
for rat. ... The game opens with a conversation between the cat and rat. ..."
4. Vinton's Poems: Translations, Miscellaneous, Sacred and Humorous by Jonathan Dwight Vinton (1886)
"THE cat and rat. A FABLE. A rat by hunger sorely pressed. To seek provision
thought it best, Ere want complete should come to rule An ..."
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