Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put the cat among the pigeons

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: put the -cat a-mong the pi-geons
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause alarm, fuss, or agitation.

Example Sentences

"Professor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way."
"In any event, this professorial detonation, especially coming as it does from hardline Federalist Society constitutional originalists, has set the cat among the Republican pigeons."

Inflected Forms

puts the cat among the pigeons (present, singular) putting the cat among the pigeons (participle, present) set the cat among the pigeons (alternative)

Phrases

flutter in the dovecote

Frequently Paired Words

flutter in the dovecote

Questions

What does put the cat among the pigeons mean?: To cause alarm, fuss, or agitation.

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