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CAT in the Synonym
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For each of the following clues, what is a synonym that contains the letters CAT?
1.Baseball position
2.Copy
3.What you get with a doctor's prescription
4.Underground cemetery
5.Time off from school or work
6.Ten-event contest
7.Disaster
8.Mimic
9.Cows
10.Teacher
1.Baseball position
2.Copy
3.What you get with a doctor's prescription
4.Underground cemetery
5.Time off from school or work
6.Ten-event contest
7.Disaster
8.Mimic
9.Cows
10.Teacher
Answer
1.(cat)cher2.dupli(cat)e
3.medi(cat)ion
4.(cat)acomb
5.va(cat)ion
6.de(cat)hlon
7.(cat)astrophe
8.copy(cat)
9.(cat)tle
10.edu(cat)or
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Fun!!
2 mean comments on the same teaser!
Nice One, Ignore those 2 offensive comments.
Yeah this One was Great!
thx
Good Job, I enjoyed this one
Good job on this one, got me at the first and forth. Keep them coming.
Well I liked it, even though it stumped me...keep them coming, a brain needs a good work out
you can't get away with those CATS!I thought it was excellent!! Keep them coming.
Thanx
Thanx
you had me on 4 & 6, a really good & fun one - thanks!!!
I just love exercising my brain like this so early in the morning when I haven't had my coffee yet!
Ten gold stars!!
Ten gold stars!!
Nice Thinking. Your teaser is awesome!!!
Great! I got them ALL!
i couldnt figure it out at first and i was also but it was but i am still
great fun teaser but i didn't get them all
good ones. i only got a few....
I didn't get them all, but I sure had fun trying!!!
Great teaser! I only missed the medication one.
i actually go all the answers....yippeee
it got me on a couple, but it was fun trying to get them all right!
Any of you cats got a light?
perty good'in
You may want to specify that the letters CAT must be in order and sequencial. For example, "copy" could be to "trace", which does contain the letters "C", "A" and "T" - just not in order or next to each other...
Good use of language. I was able to get most of them, but missed a few. Well done!
I like these kinds of teasers. Good job!
Well that was pretty cool. i only got 1,4, and 7 though that was a great teaser, and no offense, but i just like the ones that you have to figure out, like riddles. i think theres a conspiracy to overthrow those with this kind! i dont know if im the only one or not...
I don't see any mean comments. anyway, that was a fun riddle thing!
Cute
that was pretty neat... i got all but 2 or 3 of them
Great one! I think I'm the only one not to get #8...loved it.
Yeah, specification that the letter need to be in order would be good, but great job!
Cute, I have to appreciate this just because I adore kitties . Good job
Now I wonder what the rude comments were. How could anyone say anything nasty about this harmless teaser?
fun teaser! good work
I truly enjoyed it - thanks for the fun.
This one was a lot of fun Thanks. keep them coming.
If someone is mean about it Well let them be they might have had abad day. this teaser wasnt it though.
If someone is mean about it Well let them be they might have had abad day. this teaser wasnt it though.
dis was gud. I got most of em
wow...I only got 3... ...I feel dumb...
Very nicely done! This one goes to my favourites!
A very good teaser! well done
Great teaser... although I did miss DECATHLON and EDUCATOR!
#8 could also be replicate, and #10 could also be catechist.
Good job.
Good job.
SORRY (I THINK) I MISSED THE BAD COMMENTS, THEY MAY HAVE SUPPORTED MINE.
THIS WAS VERY CHILD-LIKE, IT ONLY A FEW SECONDS AND I THINK MOST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD ANSWER THIS QUITE EASILY.
LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE.
I APPRECIATE TRYING, BUT RESULTS WOULD BE SATISFYING
THIS WAS VERY CHILD-LIKE, IT ONLY A FEW SECONDS AND I THINK MOST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD ANSWER THIS QUITE EASILY.
LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE.
I APPRECIATE TRYING, BUT RESULTS WOULD BE SATISFYING
WHAT IS A MEAN COMMENT?
ONE INTENDED TO HURT SOMEONE
AN HONEST NEGATIVE OPINION AS TO THE QUALITY OF A TEASER SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED MEAN.
GET SOME THICKER SKIN
ONE INTENDED TO HURT SOMEONE
AN HONEST NEGATIVE OPINION AS TO THE QUALITY OF A TEASER SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED MEAN.
GET SOME THICKER SKIN
Teasers don't have to be difficult to be enjoyed. IMURRAY, you need to get a more positive attitude in life. Yours must be miserable. Never mind telling people that they need a thicker skin.
Imurray, Bringles' little 'nat'...no more, no less.
On the other this teaser stirred up a few brain cell and a few goans, I'm sure. Good one.
On the other this teaser stirred up a few brain cell and a few goans, I'm sure. Good one.
Sorry...I met 'groans' as in you got me or 'Ah...of course' while reading the answer.
Oct 07, 2006
CATs and CATtle have a battle.
Good Saturday morning wake up! Thanks for submitting.
Starting the day with a teaser is CATching on with Brainglers (or are we Brainglists?).
If you CATch a look at the wiki, you'll see that aznboi1324 is...a middle schooler! Nice work.
OK Imurry, you want to step up the pace? Let's see a teaser submitted by you. Meanwhile, let us all enjoy the ones others have taken the time and effort to submit. I thought this one was easy, but I still didn't get all of them correctly. Next time. Thanks for submitting.
Awesome! I also love lil kitty cats! lol. Nice one tho!
Hang in there, Imurray! I'm sure there will be a teaser to test your talents soon! BUT for those of us who enjoyed this one, well....let us. and continue with your assessments to improve the content. Probably will be someting for everyone. I enjoyed this one!
Though I got most of them quite quickly, I find it ironic that I couldn't get "educator." Okay, maybe if I'd spent more time ... but this was FUN! I don't need to wrack my brain to have a good time.
lmurray, you said,
"LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE."
Please start with yourself. Use upper and lower case letters. Spell correctly. Write and submit a teaser or two of your own.
lmurray, you said,
"LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE."
Please start with yourself. Use upper and lower case letters. Spell correctly. Write and submit a teaser or two of your own.
Good teaser, but I'm still groaning over medi(cat)ion, and as much as I take.
Thanks for submitting it.
Is it me, my server, or just because I am on different continent but I can't find any Imurray teaser my Braingle site. Has he every contributed anything positive?
Thanks for submitting it.
Is it me, my server, or just because I am on different continent but I can't find any Imurray teaser my Braingle site. Has he every contributed anything positive?
I thought that one wa spretty lame. Oh and number 8 could be replicate. But nice job. But I prefer the harder ones. Thanks and keep the teasers comin!!!
From yo mama
From yo mama
Good one . I found it very interesting and I learned a few new things. . Keep them coming. Thx.
A delightful teaser to wake up to. Thank you aznboi. Keep um comin!
Yay first time my teaser is teser of the day
Once again, kids, relax. This is only a comment section. I didn't have any difficulty with this one. The answers came, quickly. But, it is a reasonably good teaser. I have only been a member since June, but I will still give an honest opinion of the teasers. I just will not rate the toughness, because there are different levels of intelligence in this community. To me, I have just run into too many repeats. That could be because I will visit other sites and enjoy their teasers, too. Keep up the good work. Remember, a Comment Section! Good, Bad, etc.
intersting puzzle very fun
nice!
FIRST off.. comments can be CONSTRUCTIVE.. and not always so negative. Yeah.. it was kinda easy.. I didn't get them all, but I didn't think very long either.. been a long day.
AND.. getting a teaser actually APROVED is a feat in it's self!...
GRATS!
PLUS, some ppl that enjoy this site are not always adults and that may have been a bit tougher than for the rest of us.
Good teaser regardless and obviously you can't please everyone all the time and there are more positive comments than negitive ones so that is a WIN for the BOOKS!
AND.. getting a teaser actually APROVED is a feat in it's self!...
GRATS!
PLUS, some ppl that enjoy this site are not always adults and that may have been a bit tougher than for the rest of us.
Good teaser regardless and obviously you can't please everyone all the time and there are more positive comments than negitive ones so that is a WIN for the BOOKS!
I like this one. And, I didn't get them all. (( Also, I am past middle school. ))) We all see things different. This is the kind I like to see once in awhile . Keep up the good work.
Very nice job. Some of the comments were less than constructive, but you must consider the source on the nay sayers. We have all tried to be nice, kind, loving, etc. but for a certain Braingler it just does not sink in! Too Bad!
Sorry to take up your coment time on anything except your teaser. I thought it was easy, but creative. More please.
Sorry to take up your coment time on anything except your teaser. I thought it was easy, but creative. More please.
dear imurray,
uhm yea i happen to be a middle school student but that does not make me "child like" i strongly disagree with your comment!!! negativity is "childlike" to me so... I LOVED THIS TEASER!!
uhm yea i happen to be a middle school student but that does not make me "child like" i strongly disagree with your comment!!! negativity is "childlike" to me so... I LOVED THIS TEASER!!
That was fun, even though I had to give up on #2 and #10, and I had cariCATure for #8 (with a little question mark, since I wasn't confident of that answer).
I agree with the person who said they groaned when they read some of the right answers. I felt like I was on the gameshow "Family Feud", reading the unguessed answers out loud with the audience. You know what I mean?
Good teaser. CATch ya later!
Jun 27, 2009
i like this..it was fun... good job!
I enjoyed this. Thanks! The only one I missed was edu or - maybe because I'm a teacher. (And I missed 'music' in yesterday's riddle but I'm a musician ... sigh!)
But q1 is not quite right - 'catcher' is not a synonym for 'baseball position.' This is a little pedantic, perhaps, but worth remembering as it can be important to have accurate instructions.
But q1 is not quite right - 'catcher' is not a synonym for 'baseball position.' This is a little pedantic, perhaps, but worth remembering as it can be important to have accurate instructions.
dalfamnest, the last time I played baseball there were nine positions on the team, the 3 bases, shortstop, the 3 fielders, the pitcher and the CATcher. Now granted it's been over 50 years since I played ball, but my grandkids talk about the same 9 positions. How can you say catcher isn't a position?
Yes, even as a Kiwi I know where the catcher crouches! A synonym, however, is a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning, so that it could be substituted.
Can you think of a sentence where either of these would fit?
- there are nine 'baseball positions' [= catchers?]
- the ball flew through to the 'catcher' [= baseball position?]
My understanding is that instructions in teasers need to be precise and indeed some solutions hinge on correctly interpreting them. These are not synonyms.
This is not a serious criticism - I enjoyed the teaser.
Can you think of a sentence where either of these would fit?
- there are nine 'baseball positions' [= catchers?]
- the ball flew through to the 'catcher' [= baseball position?]
My understanding is that instructions in teasers need to be precise and indeed some solutions hinge on correctly interpreting them. These are not synonyms.
This is not a serious criticism - I enjoyed the teaser.
I would have to back up dalfamnest on question one. Catcher is not a synonym for baseball position. But, seeing as I got it and I can not think of anything else that works better, I can overlook it.
Fun quiz!
Fun quiz!
YAWN
I only missed a couple - mostly because I just ran out of time.
In baseball, when they name all the players on the field, the man behind home plate is called the catcher. I think they use it as a position AND a person.
Just my thoughts...
I really injoyed this teaser. I do get tired of the "pickiness" "pickyness" whatever, of some players. This is a game - do we have some perfectionists, here??? Just loosen up and have fun.
Thanks for the teaser!
In baseball, when they name all the players on the field, the man behind home plate is called the catcher. I think they use it as a position AND a person.
Just my thoughts...
I really injoyed this teaser. I do get tired of the "pickiness" "pickyness" whatever, of some players. This is a game - do we have some perfectionists, here??? Just loosen up and have fun.
Thanks for the teaser!
I liked this teaser and I think catcher is a baseball position.
Good one!!!
Good one!!!
I agree with damfalnest. Using the word synonym in the instructions didn't seem right for the clues that were a group of words. Still... a cute teaser.
I enjoyed it, only one I missed was copy cat. Groan..... Very good teaser, easy but fun.
9/10 Could not for the life of me come up with catacomb!!! Knew the word, just had a brain freeze!!
SPEAKING OF CATS--I LIKE CATS. YES I LIKE THEM MEDIUM RARE.
Haley1506-
my name is hailee too an i got only 1 of them, so u aren't dumb at all! and doehead, you need to shut your trap about being bored with this teaser! i have a headache, and i was going to get some medicine, but i started reading this and i forgot to go get some because it was so good!
my name is hailee too an i got only 1 of them, so u aren't dumb at all! and doehead, you need to shut your trap about being bored with this teaser! i have a headache, and i was going to get some medicine, but i started reading this and i forgot to go get some because it was so good!
What a fun teaser! It was not all that hard and as I have said many times before I like ones that can be figured out pretty easily. The people in 2009 and back farther sure were grumpy! Thanks cute bug for your comment to me last night. Glad you agree, but sadly those people will probably never see it.
Babe, you have to remember a lot of the users on this site are of an age that they have never heard anything negative directed at them.
For an entire generation, chilfren have been praised for everything they do. Nothing has to be earned, they are rewarded just for trying. Eveyone gets to play, and even last place gets a trophy.
Of course, it is possible to correct and offer suggestions constuctivelyvwithoyt being mean, but some people can't even handle that without getting their feelings hurt.
I thought the teaser was okay, albeit a bit easy.
Of course the fact it was written by a 12-14 year old would explain that.
For an entire generation, chilfren have been praised for everything they do. Nothing has to be earned, they are rewarded just for trying. Eveyone gets to play, and even last place gets a trophy.
Of course, it is possible to correct and offer suggestions constuctivelyvwithoyt being mean, but some people can't even handle that without getting their feelings hurt.
I thought the teaser was okay, albeit a bit easy.
Of course the fact it was written by a 12-14 year old would explain that.
nicely done!
I like it
Fun fun
I enjoyed it- I liked that there were several items, which made it interesting
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got all but the last two on which I drew a blank.
Very nice. These were not immediately obvious. I thought copy and mimic were synonyms. I used replicate/duplicate interchangeably for them.
nice teaser!
Tried this one again and got them all though I used the thesaurus on a couple.
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