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no room to swing a cat

Nō room to swing a cat
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noh room, roo m too swing ey kat]
    • /noʊ rum, rʊm tu swɪŋ eɪ kæt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noh room, roo m too swing ey kat]
    • /noʊ rum, rʊm tu swɪŋ eɪ kæt/

Definition of no room to swing a cat words

  • phrase no room to swing a cat If you say 'There's no room to swing a cat' or 'You can't swing a cat', you mean that the place you are talking about is very small or crowded. 0

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Parts of speech for No room to swing a cat

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

no room to swing a cat popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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