variants also moggie
British
as in cat
a small domestic animal known for catching mice an unattached schoolteacher who lives in a London flat with a moggy as her only companion

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Recent Examples of moggy Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada. Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024 Diodorus Siculus, a Greek author who wrote in the first century A.D., recounts the tale of a Roman soldier who made the mistake of killing a sacred moggy in Egypt. Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moggy
Noun
  • Don’t be surprised if your cat claims it as his own.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Gripe of the Week Bright red Hostas, deep blue strawberries, roses that glow magenta at night, orchids with cat and panda bear faces, ears of corn with tiny human ears.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Subsequent scans revealed that the kitten had fluid on her lungs and showed signs of a hiatal hernia, which is when part of the stomach bulges through the diaphragm.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Yet 12 league games into the season, having been handed an £80million transfer kitty, Cooper was gone.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • This '70s campy classic tells the story of an extraterrestrial kitty on the run from Earth's government. 19.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Moggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moggy. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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