Meaning

3 senses

  1. A witch.

  2. A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman.

  3. A demonic cat of hell.

More definitions
  • a malicious woman with a fierce temper

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Mary's a hellcat.

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Origin

From hell + cat.

From hell + cat.

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Forms

plural: hellcats
Singularhellcat
Pluralhellcats

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
witch:magicianB1
spiteful woman:shrew
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hellahellfirehellish
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