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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A cat.
  2. n. Botany A fuzzy catkin, especially of the pussy willow.
  3. n. Vulgar Slang The vulva.
  4. n. Vulgar Slang Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  5. n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a woman.
  6. n. Slang A man regarded as weak, timid, or unmanly.
  7. adj. Containing or resembling pus.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A diminutive of puss.
  2. Filled with pus.
  3. A dialectal form of pursy.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Containing pus.
  2. n. An affectionate term for a woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. [from 16th c.]
  3. n. An affectionate term for a cat. [from 17th c.]
  4. n. The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. [from 17th c.]
  5. n. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. [from 19th c.]
  6. n. Sexual intercourse with a woman. [from 20th c.]
  7. n. A coward, a weakling; someone unable to stand up for himself. [from 20th c.]

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
  2. n. A catkin of the pussy willow.
  3. n. The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.
  4. adj. See pursy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. informal terms referring to a domestic cat
  2. n. obscene terms for female genitals
  3. adj. containing pus

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