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Definition of pussy - 12 dictionary results

puss⋅y

1  [poos-ee]
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–noun, plural puss⋅ies.
1. a cat, esp. a kitten.
2. the game of tipcat.
3. the tapering piece of wood used in tipcat.
Origin:
1575–85; puss 1 + -y 2

pus⋅sy

2  [puhs-ee]
–adjective, -si⋅er, -si⋅est. Medicine/Medical.
puslike.
Origin:
1840–50; pus + -y 1

pus⋅sy

3  [poos-ee]
–noun, plural -sies. Slang: Vulgar.
1. the vulva.
2. sexual intercourse.
Origin:
1875–80; perh. < D, a dim. of poes vulva, akin to LG pūse vulva, OE pusa bag; see purse

tip⋅cat

  [tip-kat]
–noun
1. a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
2. Also called pussy. the tapered piece of wood used in this game.
Origin:
1670–80; tip 4 + cat1
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puss·y 1   (pŏŏs'ē)   
n.   pl. puss·ies
  1. Informal A cat.
  2. Botany A fuzzy catkin, especially of the pussy willow.
  3. Vulgar Slang
    1. The vulva.
    2. Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a woman.
  5. Slang A man regarded as weak, timid, or unmanly.
pus·sy 2   (pŭs'ē)   
adj.   pus·si·er, pus·si·est
Containing or resembling pus.
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Pussy

Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.]

1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.

2. A catkin of the pussy willow.

3. The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.

Pussy willow (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; -- called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.

Pussy

Pus"sy\, a. See Pursy. [Colloq. or Low]
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Language Translation for : pussy
Spanish: minino, gatito,
German: die Mietze,
Japanese:
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pussy  (1)
"cat," 1726, dim. of puss (1), also used of a rabbit (1715). As a term of endearment for a girl or woman, from 1583 (also used of effeminate men). Pussy willow is from 1869, on notion of "soft and furry;" pussyfoot (v.) is from 1903, originally the nickname of stealthy Oklahoma prohibition agent W.E. Johnson (1862-1945).

pussy  (2)
slang for "cunt," 1879, but probably older; perhaps from O.N. puss "pocket, pouch" (cf. Low Ger. puse "vulva"), but perhaps instead from the cat word (see pussy (1)) on notion of "soft, warm, furry thing;" cf. Fr. le chat, which also has a double meaning, feline and genital. Earlier uses are difficult to distinguish from pussy (1), e.g.:
"The word pussie is now used of a woman" [Philip Stubbes, "The Anatomie of Abuses," 1583]
But the use of pussy as a term of endearment argues against the vaginal sense being generally known before late 19c., e.g.:
" 'What do you think, pussy?' said her father to Eva." [Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1852]
Pussy-whipped first attested 1956.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pus·sy
Pronunciation: 'p&s-E
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: pus·si·er; -est
: full of orresembling pus
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pussy pus·sy (pŭs'ē)
adj. pus··si·er, pus··si·est
Containing or resembling pus.

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