Definition of Alley cat

Alley cat may refer to:

• Stray cat, a homeless domestic cat; or, less probably:
• Feral cat, a cat which has been separated from domestication
• Domestic short-haired cat or "moggie" cat more generally, as distinct from a pedigreed cat
• Alley Cat Rescue, an organization that rescues feral and homeless cats
• Alley Cat (film), a 1984 action film
• Alley Cat (video game), a 1983 computer game by game designer Bill Williams
• Alleycat races, bicycle messenger races in live traffic with various checkpoints
• Alley catting, a sexual practice in which one female has sex with multiple male partners
• The Yale Alley Cats, an all-male a cappella singing group from Yale University founded in 1943
• Alley Cat (album), the debut album by Danish pianist Bent Fabric
  • "Alley Cat", a song by Bent Fabric that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording, 1962
• Alleycats, a Malaysian musical group
• The Alley Cats, a Los Angeles punk rock band
• An amber ale produced by Lost Coast Brewery
• Alleycat (Extinctioners), a character in the Exctinctioners comic books

The domestic cat (Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, informally Felis domesticus) is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines. Cats are valued by humans for companionship and ability to hunt vermin and household pests. They are primarily nocturnal.

Cat most commonly refers to the domestic cat, Felis catus, or Felis silvestris catus