Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A cat.
- n. Botany A fuzzy catkin, especially of the pussy willow.
- n. Vulgar Slang The vulva.
- n. Vulgar Slang Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a woman.
- n. Slang A man regarded as weak, timid, or unmanly.
- adj. Containing or resembling pus.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A diminutive of puss.
- Filled with pus.
- A dialectal form of pursy.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
- n. A catkin of the pussy willow.
- n. The game of tipcat; -- also called
pussy cat . - adj. Colloq. or Low See pursy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. informal terms referring to a domestic cat
- n. obscene terms for female genitals
- adj. containing pus
Etymologies
- From puss + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Finishing the word pussy created an explosion of laughter like two cymbals crashing together.”
“I find it curious that women stand up for rights constantly in their relationships whilst men don't, still have no idea why, hence the term pussy whipped.”
“The word itself was most likely a combination of the Yiddish word tuches ass and the word pussy, and so it probably represented both at once, interchangeably or collectively.”
“Ms. Bush thinks its OK to use the word "prick" in a email, imagine if a man used the word "pussy.”
“I flop into a chair and look sadly at my Japanese book, wondering if there's a handy way to politely apologize not only for saying the word "pussy" at least four times in a ten-second period but also for expressing that I don't really like eating it.”
“More proof the Beethoven pussy is less than 14 years old.”
“Intrepid says: awww .. pole squatter wayne the pussy is voting us down again.”
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“To everyone else I apologize but that little pussy is a fucking idiot”
“On December 4th 2009, elmoro wrote: omg that FUCKIN GAY THING needs to gets a life u fuckin pussy wot if u were a 19 yr old kid DRIVING AND ur slaggyfied GIRLFRIEND is stick the fuckin fone in ur face askin u who txtin u cant she wait to get home!!!!!!!”
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“I would spend the rest of the day and well into the evening watching and studying Monty Python, Allo, Allo, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served (an especially hysterical show to a 12 year old boy “My pussy is all dirty” still makes me laugh for hours) and later Red Dwarf.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pussy’.
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UK - slang
fanny, nick, mufti, siphon, mug, smashing, butcher, stick up, knocker, porridge, tit, punter and 208 more...
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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cats
caracal, catamount, baudrons, catamountain, bobcat, alleycat, cathood, catlike, cattish, cattishly, cheetah, chetah and 118 more...
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
For a related list, see sionnach's beastly verbs.rabbit, shark, hog, pussycat, bear, bull, skunk, hawk, wildcat, buck, slug, heifer and 112 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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femanimales
Animal words and phrases that are used when talking about women. Some of these are found offensive, but this can be discussed on the words' pages. This list is just a list.
pussy, kitten, cougar, beaver, bitch, chick, jenny, cow, filly, vixen, fox, la passera and 10 more...
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Things you dont call your mother
Self-explainatory title
bitch, cunt, pussy, whore, sexy, fuckable, cocksucker, shitface, hot, addict, lorem ipsum
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Offensive Words
The worst of the bunch, bring um on
twat, asshole, pussy, dick, cunt, whore, slut, cum, blowjob, fuck, bitch, fanny and 42 more...
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Fetishes, Erotica & Descriptive Smut
Sexually charged words, or those that could be. Sexual innuendos are mighty welcome.
lubricious, turgid, tumescent, tumid, feverish, mons, mons veneris, prurient, ophidian, houri, cyprian, licentious and 42 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
adamogiovane's Words
older woman, younger man, age gap relationship, non-fiction, sensuality, relationship, life, sex, love, hugs, kisses, breast and 147 more...
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Slang words of Irish origin according...
Compare the etymologies of these words as given in the OED with the Gaelic backgrounders in this book, How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch, 2007). Awai...
smack, snazzy, pussy, geek, dork, dude, smudge, snap, slugger, slum, scam, slew and 102 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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Words + Phrases I Like
apotheosis, antipode, penumbra, umbra, bellatrix, zephyr, oblivion, nefarious, wicked, requiem, catalyst, ire and 89 more...
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
truthiness, bacchanalia, disappointed, love handles, pussy, overrated, perspective, quitter, alito, camilla-mania, cat, shhhh!... and 335 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pussy.
niki Amazing! Apr 15, 2011
niki I like a lot! Apr 15, 2011
mara_jade Needs an additional IPA for the second pronunciation. Jun 5, 2009
mara_jade The sentences displayed are not a good snapshot of its meaning. Jun 5, 2009
bilby Awww, come on WordNET, stick a cat in your pipe and smoke it.
A small village near Moûtiers, France. Dec 31, 2007