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kitty¹

  • /ˈkɪti/ UK
  • /ˈkɪti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɪɾi] Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː] New Zealand

Sounds like kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand) · Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it 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.

noun kitties · kittie · kbity · kibty · kity

  1. informal 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.
  2. broadly, informal 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!
  3. euphemistic, slang Synonym 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, wet strokes.

kitty²

  • /ˈkɪti/ UK
  • /ˈkɪti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɪɾi] Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː] New Zealand

Sounds like kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand) · Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it comes from

Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun kitties

  1. Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
  2. especially, slang 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. Your business is busted up, your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last bluff you made, […]
  3. especially, slang Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
  4. especially, slang Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).

kitty³

  • /ˈkɪti/ UK
  • /ˈkɪti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɪɾi] Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː] New Zealand

Sounds like kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand) · Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it comes from

Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun kitties

  1. Northern England, slang A 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 water; / 'Midst winter's cold and putrid smell, / Thus tort'ring human nature.

kitty⁴

  • /ˈkɪti/ UK
  • /ˈkɪti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɪɾi] Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː] New Zealand

Sounds like kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand) · Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it comes from

From Kitty (“diminutive of the female given name Katherine”).

noun kitties

  1. UK, dialectal In 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.

kitty⁵

  • /ˈkɪti/ UK
  • /ˈkɪti/ Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɪɾi] Canada, US
  • [ˈkʰɘ.ɾiː] New Zealand

Sounds like kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand) · Rhymes with -ɪti

Where it comes from

Clipping of kitt(iwake) + -y (diminutive suffix).

noun kitties

  1. UK, archaic, dialectal 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)”). 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

Kitty⁶

  • /ˈkɪti/

Where it comes from

Clipping of Katherine and related names + -y (diminutive suffix).

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.

Kitty⁷

  • /ˈkɪti/

Where it comes from

From kitty.

proper noun

  1. A generic given name for a cat.

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