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Pussy

//ˈpʊ.si// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing or exuding pus.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of pursy. alt-of, alternative, dated, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    containing pus wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in La Léchère, Savoie department, France.
Noun
  1. 1
    A cat. countable, endearing, informal, uncountable

    "And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world."

  2. 2
    informal terms referring to a domestic cat wordnet
  3. 3
    The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar

    "I'ma get up in that body like a surgeon / Pussy wetter than a damn sea urchin"

  4. 4
    obscene terms for female genitals wordnet
  5. 5
    Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Sexual intercourse with a woman; usually in the phrase get some pussy. slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight."

  2. 7
    A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, or pathetic person. countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "You're such a pussy!"

  3. 8
    A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. archaic, colloquial, countable, endearing, uncountable

    "‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’"

  4. 9
    The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex. countable, uncountable, vulgar
  5. 10
    Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy. Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable, vulgar

    "thrussy; clussy"

  6. 11
    A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into. Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable, vulgar
  7. 12
    A game of tipcat. countable, dated, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From puss (“cat”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

From puss (“cat”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 3

From pus + -y.

Etymology 4

A variant of pursy with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant.

Etymology 5

From French Pussy, claimed to be from an inherited Roman personal name Pussius.

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