Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cat_and_mouse
1 sense of cat and mouse
Sense 1
cat and mouse, cat and rat -- (a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first)
=> child's game -- (a game enjoyed by children)