cat-eyed

American  

[kat-ahyd] / ˈkætˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having eyes resembling those of a cat.

2. capable of seeing in dark places.

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Etymology

Origin of cat-eyed

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

The cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Models drifted out from a wall of shiny, party balloons – pink flamingos squeezed against rainbow ponies — wearing wide cat-eyed sunglasses and teased-out hair extensions.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2022

Bates took the podium in a couture hat and cat-eyed shades: “We will kneel-in; we will sit-in until we can eat in any corner in the United States,” she intoned.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2021

After capturing cat-eyed water snakes in Malaysia, and later Singapore, Jayne and colleagues took some into the lab and placed them in mud-bottom tanks where the creatures formed tunnels and stayed put.

From National Geographic • Apr. 6, 2018

Then she closed her mouth, looked again at the cat-eyed boy, and lacing her fingers, spoke her next words very slowly to him.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison