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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A young cat.
  2. v. To bear kittens.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A young cat; any young animal of the cat kind.
  2. n. One of several bombycid moths or pussmoths. The poplar-kitten is Dicranura bifida; the alder-kitten is D. bicuspis.
  3. To bring forth young, as a cat.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A young cat. Diminutive: kitty.
  2. n. A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.
  3. v. To give birth to kittens.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A young cat.
  2. v. To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. have kittens
  2. n. young domestic cat

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English kiton, kitoun, kyton ("kitten"), diminutive of cat ("cat"). First element probably from Middle English kiteling ("kitten, kit"), from Old Norse ketlingr ("kitten"). Compare Low German kitten ("kitten"). More at kitling, cat, -en. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English kitoun, probably from Old North French *caton, diminutive of cat, cat, from Late Latin cattus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bear
  1. give birth
  1. birth
  1. have
  1. deliver
  1. young mammal

same context (20)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. puppy
  2. cat
  3. lamb
  4. cub
  1. squirrel
  2. pup
  3. rabbit
  4. monkey
  1. pig
  2. goat
  3. duck
  4. doll
  1. fox
  2. hen
  3. calve
  4. pony
  1. chick
  2. rat
  3. pigeon
  4. babe

rhymes (16)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Britain
  2. Briton
  3. Britten
  1. Lytton
  2. Witten
  3. bitten
  1. fitton
  2. leviton
  3. litten
  1. mitten
  2. overwritten
  3. rewritten
  1. smitten
  2. unwritten
  3. whitten
  1. written

reverse dictionary (17)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. kitten
  2. kittenish
  3. kit
  1. kitling
  2. kittle
  3. kitty
  1. catling
  2. pet
  3. Chet
  1. kittenhood
  2. frisky
  3. playful
  1. nuzzle
  2. christen
  3. tomling
  1. chit
  2. elegant

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  1. animal
  1. pet
  1. cat
  1. endearment

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  • she Alice, near wakening in Through the Looking-Glass, in reaction to a newly doll-sized Red Queen:

    At any other time, Alice would have felt surprised at this, but she was far too much excited to be surprised at anything now. "As for you," she repeated, catching hold of the little creature in the very act of jumping over a bottle which had just lighted upon the table, "I'll shake you into a kitten, that I will!" Jul 18, 2008

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