pussy

English Online Dictionary. What means pussy‎? What does pussy mean?

English

Etymology 1

From puss +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: po͝osʹi, IPA^(key): /ˈpʊsi/
• Rhymes: -ʊsi
• Hyphenation: pus‧sy

Noun

pussy (countable and uncountable, plural pussies)

2. (informal, endearing) A cat. [from 17th c.]
4. (vulgar, colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. [from 17th c.]
5. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. [from 19th c.]
6. (vulgar, slang, uncountable, often in the phrase "to get some pussy") Sexual intercourse with a woman. [from 20th c.]

   I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.
7. (derogatory, vulgar, slang) A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, or pathetic person. [from 20th c.]

   You're such a pussy!
8. (colloquial, endearing, now rare) A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. [from 16th c.]
9. (LGBTQ, vulgar) The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.
10. (LGBTQ, vulgar) The anus of a trans woman.
11. (vulgar, humorous, Internet slang) Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy.

12. (vulgar, humorous, Internet slang) A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into.
13. (dated) A game of tipcat.

Synonyms

• (cat): kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy-cat; see also Thesaurus:cat
• (affectionate term): darling, honey, pussums; see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
• (female genitalia): poontang, coochie, punani, quim; see Thesaurus:vulva or Thesaurus:vagina
• (uncountable: intercourse with woman): poontang, poon, tang, punani; see also Thesaurus:copulation
• (cowardly man): scaredy-cat, wimp, wuss; see also Thesaurus:coward
• (ineffectual, timid, or pathetic person): pansy, sissy, weenie, weakling; see also Thesaurus:milksop
• (tip-cat): cat, cat and dog, one-a-cat, piggy

Hypernyms

• (female genitalia): genitals

Derived terms

Descendants

• Maori: poti, puihi

Translations

Etymology 2

From pus +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs'i, IPA^(key): /ˈpʌsi/

Adjective

pussy (comparative pussier, superlative pussiest)

1. (medicine) Containing or exuding pus.

   Synonyms: purulent, suppurant

Alternative forms

• pusy

Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

pussy (comparative more pussy, superlative most pussy)

1. (slang, dated) Alternative form of pursy

Further reading

• “pussy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

References

• “pussy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Fielding, Lucie (2021) Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pussy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.si/

Noun

pussy m (plural pussys)

1. (slang) pussy (vagina)
2. (slang) pussy (effeminate man)