English Online Dictionary. What means kitty? What does kitty mean?
English
Alternative forms
- kittie (young cat)
Etymology
From kit + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪti/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈkʰɪɾi]
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈkʰɘɾiː]
- Homophones: kiddie, kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand)
- Rhymes: -ɪti
Noun
kitty (plural kitties)
- (informal) A kitten or young cat.
- (childish, sometimes capitalized) A pet name for a cat.
- A money pool used for a particular purpose, such as for a card game or for shared expenses.
- (poker, slang) In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
- (slang) Euphemistic form of pussy: vulva and/or vagina.
- 2021, Latto, "Big Energy (Clean Version)", single:
- Can't skip foreplay, kill the kitty cold case
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:kitty.
- (card games) A set of additional cards dealt face down in some games.
Synonyms
- (money pool): pot
Derived terms
Related terms
- kitteh
- kitten
- kittenish, kittenlike
Translations
See also
- pussy
Further reading
- cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia