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kitty
kitty—Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
/ˈkɪti/, /ˈkɪti/, [ˈkʰɪɾi]
Origin
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.
noun
- informalA 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.”“A pretty young Kitty, / She had that could Purr; / 'Tvvas gameſome and handſome, / And had a rare Furr; […]”“Grandma-cats don't very often care for their grand-kittens. But I know two little Maltese kittens that have the nicest grandma that ever any little kittens had. […] The kitties are named "Bill" and "M”
- broadly, informalAn adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.“Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!”
- euphemistic, slangSynonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).“Looking at Lynn's naked body one last time, Mia decided to try something else. She waited for Lynn to bend down to grab her underwear and then came up behind her and began licking her kitty with long,”“The way Tariq was licking her kitty had her clutching the sheets.”“Evan's tongue was magic. She'd heard most men didn't have the skills to make a girl lose her mind by licking her kitty. But Evan …”
- Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
- especially, slangA 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 a…“Your business is busted up, your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last bluff you made, […]”“They told me you always had to come back to the band with your hand open so they could see what tip you got and you put that in the kitty.”
- especially, slangSynonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
- especially, slangSynonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).
- Northern-England, slangA jail, a prison; also, a lockup.“Besides we had a nice tollbooth, / To pull'd down was a pity, / And in its stead we've got—forsooth— / A vile pernicious kitty. / […] / Like convicts in a condemn'd cell, / They're fed on bread and wa”
- UK, dialectalIn full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).“[T]he male wrens (Troglodytes) of North America, build "cock-nests," to roost in, like the males of our distinct Kitty-wrens,—a habit wholly unlike that of any other known bird.”
- UK, archaic, dialectalSynonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).“In the parish of Gaurie three curiosities upon the coast are exhibited to travellers: 1st, A perpendicular rock, of very great extent, full of shelves, and possessed by thousands of birds called kitty”
name
- A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
- A generic given name for a cat.
Formskitties(plural) · kittie(alternative) · kbity(alternative) · kibty(alternative) · kity(alternative)
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