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KITTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kitty mean?
• KITTY (noun)
The noun KITTY has 4 senses:
1. the combined stakes of the betters
2. the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
3. young domestic cat
4. informal terms referring to a domestic cat
Familiarity information: KITTY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The combined stakes of the betters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
kitty; pool
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)
Domain category:
poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Young domestic cat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
kitten; kitty
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
young mammal (any immature mammal)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Informal terms referring to a domestic cat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
kitty; kitty-cat; puss; pussy; pussycat
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Context examples
Kitty stared at him, and Lydia exclaimed.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
You can get rabies from an infected dog or toxoplasmosis from handling kitty litter of an infected cat.
(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)
Kitty and Minnie Kirke likewise regard him with affection, and tell all sorts of stories about the plays he invents, the presents he brings, and the splendid tales he tells.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Kitty, who took all these threats in a serious light, began to cry.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty, run down and order the carriage.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty simpered and smiled, and hoped her turn was coming soon.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty then owned, with a very natural triumph on knowing more than the rest of us, that in Lydia's last letter she had prepared her for such a step.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty was the only one who shed tears; but she did weep from vexation and envy.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty owned that she had rather stay at home.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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