kitty.
A young cat; a kitten.
Meaning & usage
A young cat; a kitten.
He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.
An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.
Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!
Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).
Where this word comes from
From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”). Etymology 1 sense 2 (“vulva and/or vagina”) is probably modelled after the use of pussy to refer to the body part, from the appearance of an unshaven vulva.
Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.
Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).
In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).
Where this word comes from
From Kitty (“diminutive of the female given name Katherine”).
Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).
Where this word comes from
Clipping of kitt(iwake) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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