# catbath

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A session of grooming, in which a cat cleans its own fur or that of another cat using its tongue.
2. A quick wash by wiping or dabbing the skin, especially of one's face.
3. A form of foreplay, chiefly in Southeast Asian sex work, in which one participant licks the other all over their body.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, bath.

## Etymology
From cat + bath.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/catbath