Dictionary

pussy-cat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (endearing, informal) A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
   • Ding dong bell, The Cat is in the well. Who put her in, Little Johnny Green. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor Puſſy Cat, Who never did him any harm, And kill'd the mice in his father's barn. 1795, Gammer Gurton's Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus, Stockton: R. Christopher, page 25:
2. (informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person.
   • He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.
3. The silky catkin of various willows.
4. (dated) A sexy woman.

Forms

Deriveds

pussycat bow

Synonyms

pussy (soft-hearted person) · kitty (a cat) · milksop (soft-hearted person) · pussy (a cat) · namby-pamby (soft-hearted person) · pansy (soft-hearted person) · mouser (a cat) · kitten (a cat) · wimp (soft-hearted person) · sissy (soft-hearted person) · candy-ass (soft-hearted person) · feline (a cat) · cat (a cat) · malkin (a cat) · tomcat (a cat) · grimalkin (a cat) · poltroon (soft-hearted person) · wuss (soft-hearted person)

Translations (49)

ru ки́ска (affectionate term for a cat) · sv kisse (affectionate term for a cat) · fr chaton (affectionate term for a cat) · el γατάκι (affectionate term for a cat) · de Muschi (affectionate term for a cat) · eo katidino (affectionate term for a cat) · ko 야옹이 (affectionate term for a cat) · sv kissemiss (affectionate term for a cat) · pl kotek (affectionate term for a cat) · id kucing manis (affectionate term for a cat) · ko 나비 (affectionate term for a cat) · ga puisín (affectionate term for a cat) · hu cicamica (affectionate term for a cat) · pt gatinho (affectionate term for a cat) · de Pantoffeltiger (affectionate term for a cat) · eo kanjo (affectionate term for a cat) · pt bichano (affectionate term for a cat) · it micino (affectionate term for a cat) · fr minet (affectionate term for a cat) · fi kisu (affectionate term for a cat) · nb pusekatt (affectionate term for a cat) · de Schmusekätzchen (affectionate term for a cat) · fi kissimirri (affectionate term for a cat) · nn kattepus (affectionate term for a cat) · fr minette (affectionate term for a cat) · pl kiciuś (affectionate term for a cat) · it micia (affectionate term for a cat) · eo katido (affectionate term for a cat) · it micetto (affectionate term for a cat) · it micina (affectionate term for a cat) · sv kissekatt (affectionate term for a cat) · sv misse (affectionate term for a cat) · fr chatonne (affectionate term for a cat) · ru ко́тик (affectionate term for a cat) · el γατούλα (affectionate term for a cat) · nn pusekatt (affectionate term for a cat) · it gattino (affectionate term for a cat) · ru му́рзик (affectionate term for a cat) · nb kattepus (affectionate term for a cat) · pl koteczek (affectionate term for a cat) · it micetta (affectionate term for a cat) · de Schmusekatze (affectionate term for a cat) · it micio (affectionate term for a cat) · pl kicia (affectionate term for a cat) · ru ко́шечка (affectionate term for a cat) · de Miezekätzchen (affectionate term for a cat) · de Miezekatze (affectionate term for a cat) · eo kaĉjo (affectionate term for a cat) · fi lutunen (gentle or soft-hearted person)