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pussy
/ˈpʊsi/
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What does pussy mean?
verb
- Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out.
adjective
- Containing or exuding pus.
proper noun
- A village in La Léchère, Savoie department, France.
More meanings (11)
noun
- (dated, informal) A cat.
- (vulgar) The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
- (dated) Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a female; usually in the phrase get some pussy.
- (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, weak-spirited, or pathetic person.
- (archaic) A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness.
- (vulgar) The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.
- (humorous, vulgar) Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy.
- (humorous, vulgar) A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into.
- (dated) A game of tipcat.
adjective
- (dated, slang) Alternative form of pursy.
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IPA pronunciation
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Anne, with her soul full of romantic thrills, had no attention to spare just then for a crop-eared pussy cat.
No one takes any notice, either to blame or to nurse the poor things—they scramble through it as pussy does.
More book examples (2)
Then when the sweet old lady tried to make him be kind to poor pussy, he told her to go to hell.
It led Pussy to the docks a block away, and then out on a wharf, away from any cover but the night.