What is "alley cat"

n. 1 A feral cat in urban contexts. 2 (context figurative jocular English) A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

n. homeless cat [syn: stray]

Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for the Atari 8-bit family in 1983, and later for MS-DOS in 1984 by IBM. The player controls "Freddy the Cat," whose objective is to perform certain tasks within the homes of people in order to reach his love, Felicia.

Alley Cat was based on a one-screen prototype by John Harris. Harris had become unhappy with the direction that the game was headed in and handed it over to Williams who expanded the basic concept into a finished game.

Alley cat may refer to:

Cat designations

• 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

Organizations

• Alley Cat Rescue, an organization that rescues feral and homeless cats

Media and entertainment

• Alley Cat (video game), a 1983 computer game by game designer Bill Williams
• Alley Cat (film), a 1984 action film
• Alleycat (Extinctioners), a character in the Exctinctioners comic books

Music

• The Yale Alley Cats, an all-male a cappella singing group from Yale University founded in 1943
• Alleycats, a Malaysian musical group
• The Alley Cats (1960s group), a Los Angeles doo-wop group
• The Alley Cats (punk rock band), a Los Angeles punk rock band
• Alley Cat (album), the debut album by Danish pianist Bent Fabric
  • Alley Cat (song), a song by Bent Fabric that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording, 1962

Other

• Alleycat race, bicycle messenger races in live traffic with various checkpoints
• Alley catting, a sexual practice in which one female has sex with multiple male partners
• Alley Cat, a sister cat food brand of Meow Mix, manufactured by Del Monte Foods
• Alleycat Amber, amber ale produced by Lost Coast Brewery

Alley Cat is a 1984 action film about a young female martial arts expert who becomes a one-woman vigilante against a local street gang. The film was directed by Victor M. Ordonez, Eduardo Palmos, and Al Valletta (all under the alias Edward Victor), and stars Karin Mani and Robert Torti.

Alley Cat is the debut album by Danish pianist Bent Fabric. The album features the Grammy Award-winning single " Alley Cat", and was a charting album in 1962-63.

The title song is used as a recurring gag on the short-lived 1990 TV show Get a Life.

"Alley Cat", also known as "Alleycat" and "The Alley Cat," is a popular instrumental song made most famous by the Danish pianist and composer Bent Fabric, released in 1962. Fabric (born Bent Fabricius-Bjerre) wrote the tune under the pseudonym Frank Björn.