US /mɑɡ/ UK /mɒɡ/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a cat, especially an ordinary domestic one

    The old mog spent the entire afternoon asleep on the windowsill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a cat, especially an... catmoggypussfelinetabby
Word family
Derived forms moggy
Related forms moggymoggie

Etymology

Shortened from moggy (a colloquial British term for a cat), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps a pet form of Margaret or a variant of mawkin ('cat, scarecrow').

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