Puss

Word PUSS
Character 4
Hyphenation puss
Pronunciations /pʊs/

Definitions and meanings of "Puss"

What do we mean by puss?

A cat. noun

A girl or young woman. Often used as a term of endearment. noun

A man regarded as weak, timid, or unmanly. noun

The mouth. noun

The human face. noun

A cat; a pussy or pussy-cat. noun

A hare or rabbit. noun

A puss-moth. noun

A pet name for a child or young woman. noun

A cat; -- a fondling appellation. noun

A hare; -- so called by sportsmen. noun

A game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one. noun

Any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages. noun

A cat. noun

A girl or young woman. noun

A hare. noun

Pussy; vagina noun

The mouth. noun

Obscene terms for female genitals noun

Informal terms referring to a domestic cat noun

(often as a term of address) A cat.

A girl or young woman, or any child.

A hare.

The vulva (female genitalia).

A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for him- or herself.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Puss

The word "puss" in example sentences

Pouty-mouth glamour puss is the favored female photo pose. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A gooey mass of blood, byle and puss is not a baby you morons. ❋ Unknown (2005)

All you spainy-cat fans, my own puss is also a maine-coon mix; they're a personable breed -- smart and friendly, and absolutely beautiful (as you all well know). ❋ Unknown (2004)

I possess the odd cat-themed coffee mug and the stray back cat book mark, but you won't come to my home and spot any porcelain puss trinkets, Hello Kitty miscellany or Lilian Jackson Braun books. ❋ Moriarty6 (2004)

It was something to affect that most people are wimps (he said the word puss with a y) and need guns to feel strong. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Her name was Sarah, so my husband always called puss the Sarah-cat," explained Aunt Jamesina. ❋ Unknown (1908)

"Say, coot, lad, coot; don't chop your words short; sounds as if you were calling puss wi 'your cat." ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

But this was also a book where "puss" leaks from one character's eyes, so maybe I shouldn't snatch at hopes that the copy-editing will improve. ❋ Shunn (2008)

The page titled "Nice puss/bad foot" is devoted to the photo of a nude woman laying down on a table, her foot has been blown off by a land mine, blood, muscle, skin and bone are dangling in its place, and her naked crotch is clearly visible in the photo (thus the reference to "puss"). ❋ Unknown (2005)

It so happened that Drosoula had taken to calling Antonia 'puss', which was by no means uncommon nor unwarranted, and the name, in Greek 'Psipsina', had stuck and spread to Pelagia, until the girl had almost forgotten her real name. ❋ De Bernieres, Louis (2003)

Coming back from B. one day I started a huge hare, and with the utmost difficulty prevented the good Susan from turning off the road, lepping the ditch, and pursuing 'puss' across the flat pastures. ❋ Pat Beauchamp Washington (N/A)

One after the other they came up, first paying their chin-chins in front of the altar, and then depositing on it what _cash_ they could afford; after which they proceeded to rub one cheek after the other on the Tooth-stone, just as "puss" rubs herself against your legs when you stroke her head. ❋ Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1894)

"The 'puss' and the 'man' don't darken his little life so much now," continued Mercy, cheerily. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

The scream was stifled in a moment, and when the snow-spray cleared off, I saw that the lynx held the hare under his paws, and that 'puss' was quite dead. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

A hare, as brought upon the table-cloth in England, is far more likely to produce _degout_ -- from its very striking likeness to "puss," that is purring upon the hearth-rug. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The former associate called Dudus a "puss" on condition of anonymity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My second minger was similar to the first in that she seemed to be cultivating some kind of puss farm on her cheeks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The origin of "puss" is unknown, but "kitty" comes from chaton, a diminutive of the French chat.

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