Definition
To rain very heavily.
Origins
Unknown, but see examples of early use in Citations.
In Context
- "["]Those weather-gaws aren't out for nothing. It'll rain cats and dogs to-morrow." Marigold wondered what weather-gaws were—and then forgot in thinking how interesting it would be in it really rained cats and dogs. Little silk-eared kittens everywhere by the basketful—loads of darling pudgy puppies."
Also Said As
- bucket
- bucket down
- chuck it down
- come down cats and dogs
- rain buckets
- rain pitchforks
- pelt
- piss down
- piss it down
- pour
- pour cats and dogs
- storm cats and dogs
- stream
- teem
- tip it down