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PICKLEPUSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picklepuss mean? 

PICKLEPUSS (noun)
  The noun PICKLEPUSS has 1 sense:

1. someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expressionplay

  Familiarity information: PICKLEPUSS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PICKLEPUSS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gloomy Gus; picklepuss; pouter; sourpuss

Hypernyms ("picklepuss" is a kind of...):

persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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