PUSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puss mean? 

• PUSS (noun)
  The noun PUSS has 2 senses:

1. obscene terms for female genitals

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

  Familiarity information: PUSS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obscene terms for female genitals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cunt; puss; pussy; slit; snatch; twat

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

fanny; female genital organ; female genitalia; female genitals (external female sex organs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Informal terms referring to a domestic cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

kitty; kitty-cat; puss; pussy; pussycat

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

domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)

 Context examples 

Mr. Laurence gave her a sharp look, and put on his spectacles, saying slowly, You're a sly puss, but I don't mind being managed by you and Beth.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“A little puss, it is!” said Mr. Peggotty, patting her with his great hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was in a sort of fury, with its eyes savage, and all its hairs bristling out like a cat's tail when puss is on the war-path.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right—all that falls to them is so much gain—all their geese are swans—all their cards are trumps—toss them which way you will, they will always, like poor puss, alight upon their legs, and only move on so much the faster.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You're an artful little puss to flatter and wheedle your cross old sister in that way.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Boys started in and out of their places, playing at puss in the corner with other boys; there were laughing boys, singing boys, talking boys, dancing boys, howling boys; boys shuffled with their feet, boys whirled about him, grinning, making faces, mimicking him behind his back and before his eyes; mimicking his poverty, his boots, his coat, his mother, everything belonging to him that they should have had consideration for.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)