Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fund made up of a portion of each pot in a poker game.
- n. A pool of money, especially one to which a number of people have contributed for a designated purpose.
- n. See widow.
- n. A cat, especially a kitten.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kitten; a child's pet name for a cat.
- n. A kit or company.
- n. A large wooden bowl or tankard.
- n. Same as kittiwake. Also called sea-kittie.
- n. A prison or jail: same as kidcote.
- n. A pool into which each player in a card-game puts a certain amount of his winnings, to be used in meeting expenses, as for room-rent, refreshments, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. A kitten or young cat.
- n. A pet name for a cat.
- n. A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses.
- n. poker, slang In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
- n. slang Female genitals. (less vulgar)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.
- n. (Gaming) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table any pool of money aggregated from small contributions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
- n. informal terms referring to a domestic cat
- n. young domestic cat
- n. the combined stakes of the betters
Etymologies
- A diminutive of kitten by adding -y. (Wiktionary)
- Probably from kit1.Shortening and alteration of kitten. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“AAAAAAAHHHH, nevertheless, my kitty is a spoiled little brat thegermandude517 groupie”
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“Anyway, when they come back from dinner she lays down in her bed and the "kitty" is on the counter across the room.”
“I never know what my kitty is up to when I am not at home.”
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“Your little kitty is very cute but I think my much larger ocicat might not appreciate him very much!”
“That kitty is much to young to read such racey material ... though if its ANYTHING like the other books it will be fantastic!”
“I think it makes the kitty move around a lot in panic and then after a good couple minutes it feels like the kitty is dying from the rush of too much blood to the head.”
“Our 12yo white kitty is sitting beside me while I type, purring loudly.”
“I moved in closer, letting my hand creep up her leg and into the now-moist V that she called her "kitty bank.”
“Clearly, your kitty is picking up on the wonderful karma that is classic Sonic, and resonating with all the wonderful goodness and joy that past Sonic has created in our lives.”
“Well guys if you add the meat scraps used to make pet food to the scraps used in kitty litter (yes I've heard that from reliable sources).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kitty’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 206 more...
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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Mother-of-All-Saints
Some alternatives to calling it your 'stuff'.
Mount of Venus, nameless, name-it-not, omnibus, the novelty, niche, nest, moss-rose, peach, old-ding, old woman, the nonsuch and 115 more...
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A List Of The Cutest Words Ever Created!
HEE OK LETS DO IT! I'm v.v. excited! (with thanks to whichbe, Lampbane, bilby, effigy, frogapplause, and fredrx!)
piggy, toesy woesies, snurfle, wiggly, chomp, lewispoo, dobby, dunderhead, cupcake, mumbo jumbo, wigglebop, scuttle and 99 more...
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Vagina
all the words for vagina other than vagina
cunt, twat, pussy, minge, cooter, beaver, snatch, axe gash, muff, box, slit, bearded clam and 36 more...
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Pinochle
List of terms used in the card game pinochle, beginning with meld and trick.
meld, trick, widow, widow's hand, talon, kitty, trump, trump suit, bid, contract, run, marriage and 63 more...
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EN - baby talk
whoopsie, kitty, baba, beddy-bye, binkie, blankie, boo-boo, botty, bow-wow, brekkie, brekfee, bubby and 84 more...
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animals (2 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 2 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious like 'dragon') are we...
baboon, rabbit, raptor, dragon, camel, hornet, llama, cobra, cheetah, penguin, puppy, dolphin and 87 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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gcherches's Words
serendipity, roadrunner, inner child, coagulant, esquire, vicissitude, idiot savant, mitigation, affirmation, affirmative, diatribe, affirmative action and 185 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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fuffbee's Words
panopticon, perihelion, apsis, cuppycake, nexus, fufflebee, shawshank, hoi, lool, apogee, id, rubedo and 90 more...
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loinfruit's Words
buddy, hungry, hug, want, you, i, mommy, school, ballet, sign, sign language, language and 170 more...
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Words I like as names
It's exactly what it sounds like. And yeah, for real people as much as characters. Big surprise.
corbeau, alameda, hanabi, milk, promise, edelweiss, delphinium, jubilate, jubilance, jocoserious, arrow, angeles and 141 more...
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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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Rocketeer's Words
defenestrate, shutterbug, antique, periscope, dogma, peculiar, eccentric, banana, apple, pear, cherry, photograph and 189 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for kitty.

ruzuzu "She wants a car with a cup-holder arm rest
She wants a car that will get her there
She is changing her name from Kitty to Karen
She is trading her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron"
From "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" by Cake. Feb 15, 2010
madmouth stereotypically, older, flaky and somewhat infantile. an Aunt, very often. Dear Aunt Kitty, bless her. Aug 3, 2009
qroqqa Big-legged women with pink kitty tongues roll money into green tubes for later on; then they laugh and put their arms around each other.
—Toni Morrison, Jazz Dec 19, 2008
chained_bear "Kitty" is an old Irish song the Pogues recorded. (I think I have a Tunie list of the lyrics, but I'm too lazy to link to it here.) Feb 9, 2008
lampbane "Little bag of bones been out all night
Little bag of bones been out all night
Kitty, you're scratchin' at the screen door
Kitty, you're scratchin' at the screen door
Little bag of bones been out all night"
Jan 3, 2007