Puss

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
     1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation.
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     2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen.
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     {Puss in the corner}, a game in which all the players but one
        occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open
        air, and exchange places, the one without a corner
        endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving
        some other without one.
  
     {Puss moth} (Zool.), any one of several species of stout
        bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and
        allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The
        larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  puss
       n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {pussy}, {slit},
             {snatch}, {twat}]
       2: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: {kitty}, {kitty-cat},
           {pussy}, {pussycat}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "puss":
     Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat, blue cat,
     bud, calico cat, cat, chick, chickabiddy, child, countenance, dial,
     face, facies, favor, features, feline, gib, gib-cat, grimalkin,
     house cat, juvenile, kid, kisser, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty,
     kitty-cat, lineaments, map, moppet, mouser, mug, mush, muzzle,
     nipper, pan, phiz, physiognomy, pussy, pussycat, silver cat, tabby,
     tabby cat, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, visage,
     youngster