Definitions for catnips

catnips cat·nip

Spelling: [kat-nip]
IPA: /ˈkæt nɪp/

Catnips is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in catnips (acinpst).

Definitions for catnips

noun

  1. a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.

Origin of catnips

1705-15, Americanism; cat + nip, variant of Middle English nep catnip, apocopated variant of Old English nepte Medieval Latin nepta, variant of Latin nepeta

Examples for catnips

The sight of a snowstorm affects a child as the smell of catnip affects a cat.

In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.

On the homeward way they turned into a lane and came to a clump of catnip.

catnip may be cultivated for the bees and sold as an herb as well.

The newspapers pounced on them with joy, as cats pounce and purr on catnip.

It was like throwing a cat into a bed of catnip and expecting him to be calm.

That message was like catnip and I am the worst kind of kitten: I love trouble.

The exchange was catnip for reporters, and Republican political operatives passed the clip around with glee.

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Movie stars who prove they can really act on Broadway are catnip for Tony voters.

Coded references to risqué and sexual matters were catnip to the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.

Word Value for catnips
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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