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puss

1  [poos]
–noun
1. a cat.
2. Informal. a girl or woman: often used as a form of affectionate address.
3. British. a hare.
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Origin:
1520–30; akin to D poes, LG puus-katte, dial. Sw kattepus, Norw puse(kat)

Related forms:
pusslike, adjective
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puss

2  [poos]
–noun Slang.
1. face: She smacked him in the puss.
2. mouth: Shut your puss before I shut it for you.
Origin:
1880–85; < Ir pus lip, mouth
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puss 1   (pŏŏs)   
n.  

  1. A cat.

  2. A girl or young woman.


[Probably of Germanic origin.]
puss 2   (pŏŏs)   
n.   Slang

  1. The mouth.

  2. The human face.


[Irish Gaelic pus, mouth, from Middle Irish bus, lip.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
puss [pʊs]

  1. n.
    the face. : I ought to poke you right in the puss!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

puss  (1)
"cat," 1530, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Gmc. languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Romanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lith. (puz), Low Ger. (puus), Swed. dial. katte-pus, etc.

puss  (2)
"the face," 1890, slang, from Ir. pus "lip, mouth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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