mod. with only a slight bounce. (Said of a slight rise in the stock market after a big drop.)
We expected the stock to go up a lot today, but the increase was no better than dead-catty.It was just a dead-catty day in spite of the good economic news.
dead-catty
mod. with only a slight bounce. (See the explanation at deadcat bounce. Securities markets.) We expected the stock to go up a lot today, but the increase was no better than dead-catty.