pussy-cat

See also: pussycat and pussy cat

English

Alternative forms

• pussycat, pussy cat

Pronunciation

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Noun

pussy-cat (plural pussy-cats)

1. (informal, endearing) A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
2. (informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person.

   He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.

3. The silky catkin of various willows.
4. (dated) A sexy woman.

Synonyms

• (a cat): cat, pussy, kitten, feline, grimalkin, kitty, mouser, tomcat, malkin
• (soft-hearted person): wimp, pussy, namby-pamby, milksop, pansy, sissy, wuss, poltroon, candy-ass

Derived terms

• pussycat bow

Translations

affectionate term for a cat

• Esperanto: katido (eo), katidino (eo), kaĉjo (eo), kanjo (eo)
• Finnish: kisu (fi), kissimirri (fi)
• French: chaton (fr) m, chatonne (fr) f, minet (fr) m, minette (fr) f
• German: Miezekatze (de) f, Schmusekatze f, Miezekätzchen n (diminutive) (diminutive), Schmusekätzchen n (diminutive), Muschi (de) f (child's language), Pantoffeltiger m (humorous)
• Greek: γατούλα (el) f (gatoúla), γατάκι (el) n (gatáki)
• Hungarian: cicamica (hu)
• Indonesian: kucing manis
• Irish: puisín (ga) m
• Italian: micio (it) m, micino m, gattino (it) m, micetto m, micia (it) f, micetta f, micina f
• Korean: 야옹이 (ko) (yaong'i), 나비 (ko) (nabi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kattepus m, pusekatt (no) m

  Nynorsk: kattepus m, pusekatt m

• Polish: kicia (pl), kiciuś (pl), kotek (pl), koteczek (pl)
• Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m, bichano (pt) m
• Russian: му́рзик (ru) m (múrzik), ки́ска (ru) f (kíska), ко́тик (ru) m (kótik), ко́шечка (ru) f (kóšečka)
• Swedish: kissekatt (sv) c, kissemiss (sv), kisse (sv) c, misse (sv) c

gentle or soft-hearted person

• Finnish: lutunen