A niftyier way of saying cool, that is the shit, or this is wonderful. It is also used to say that someone or something is really clever or intelligent.
When someone or something is the best or close to it. Sometimes someone can think there this but are not. For example a person with a nice new hair cut who is still fugly but think there all that.See the dogs bollocks or bees knees or all that and a bag of chips.The cat’s meow is a fairly uncreative alternative to the dogs’ bollocks when children are in the room.
person 1 "that shot was the dogs bollocks"
unnoticed child "what?"
person 1 "oh erm the cats meow"