catting around
Pursuing multiple lovers
Catting around means pursuing casual sexual encounters, typically describing men who roam looking for partners.
The phrase evokes a tomcat prowling at night: He spent his twenties catting around before settling down.
Sometimes shortened to catting.
The tone is mildly disapproving or playfully dismissive.
- catSmall furry housepet
- flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- philanderingCasual extramarital affairs
- gallivantingRoaming for pleasure
carefree · wandering · uncommitted · prowling · on the prowl · cavorting · independence · two-timing · mischievous · womanizing · adventurous · frolicking · playful · feline · catlike · alley cat · impulsive · promiscuous
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- promiscuitypromiscuity, casual sex, hookups, one-night stands, bed-hopping
catting aroundmonogamy
One partner at a time
fidelity · faithfulness · staying true · devotion · marital fidelity
catting aroundsettling down
Becoming stable and rooted
committing · going steady · nesting · getting hitched · tying the knot
catting aroundabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · moral rectitude · propriety · self-restraint
catty, catnap, cathouse, around, round, rounds, rounded, rounding, rounder