kitty
A young cat; a kittenA young cat; a kitten.
» Let's bask in the sun together, kitty.
Lass uns gemeinsam die Sonne genießen, Kätzchen. — Ahha
Нумо разом поніжимося на сонечку, котику. — Ahha
Ahha · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
10 senses(informal)A young cat; a kitten.
He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.
young domestic cat
(broadly, informal)An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.
Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!
Kätzchen, Mieze
ки́саkísa, ки́скаkíska, ко́шечкаkóšečka
кошеня́košenjá, кі́ткаkítka, кото́кkotók
(euphemistic, slang)Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).
Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
(especially, slang)A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.
Spielkasse
(especially, slang)Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
(especially, slang)Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).
(Northern England, slang)A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.
(UK, dialectal)In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).
(UK, archaic, dialectal)Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).
Examples
58 sentencesLet's bask in the sun together, kitty.
Нумо разом поніжимося на сонечку, котику. — Ahha
deLass uns gemeinsam die Sonne genießen, Kätzchen. — Ahha
Mary's friends chipped in to create a surprise gift kitty for her upcoming birthday.
Друзі Мері зкинулися, щоб створити грошовий фонд для подарунка-несподіванки на її день народження, що наближається. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hello, my little kitty friend!
Привіт, друже-кошенятко! — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Here, kitty kitty!
Кіс-кіс! — bicolino34
ruКис-кис! — FeuDRenais
I have a kitty and a dog.
Translations
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Origin
From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”). Origin uncertain;From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”).
Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).
From Kitty (“diminutive of the female given name Katherine”).
Clipping of kitt(iwake) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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