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Kitty
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- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
- 2 A generic given name for a cat.
- 1 A young cat; a kitten. informal
"He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty."
- 2 Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
- 3 A jail, a prison; also, a lockup. Northern-England, slang
"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 water; / 'Midst winter's cold and putrid smell, / Thus tort'ring human nature."
- 4 In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”). UK, dialectal
"[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."
- 5 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)”). UK, archaic, dialectal
"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 kittywakes. […] Some people are fond of eating the young kitties; but the shooting of them is a favourite diversion every year."
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- 6 informal terms referring to a domestic cat wordnet
- 7 An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age. broadly, informal
"Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!"
- 8 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. especially, slang
"Your business is busted up, your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last bluff you made, […]"
- 9 young domestic cat wordnet
- 10 Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”). euphemistic, slang
"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, wet strokes."
- 11 Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”). especially, slang
- 12 the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) wordnet
- 13 Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”). especially, slang
- 14 the combined stakes of the betters wordnet
Etymology
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.
Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).
From Kitty (“diminutive of the female given name Katherine”).
Clipping of kitt(iwake) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of Katherine and related names + -y (diminutive suffix).
From kitty.
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