puss

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Norwegian 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝os, IPA: /pʊs/, SAMPA: /pUs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

[edit] Etymology 1

From a Common Germanic word for cat. Akin to Dutch poes "puss, cat", Low Saxon puus-katte, Dial. Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pusekat

Found also in several other European and Western Asian languages. Cf. Romanian pisica.

[edit] Noun

puss (plural pusses)

1. (informal) A cat

   Our local theatre is showing the pantomime Puss in Boots.

2. a girl or young woman

[edit] Synonyms

• (cat): moggie/moggy

[edit] Related terms

• pussy

[edit] Etymology 2

Of Celtic origin, from or akin to Irish pus (“‘mouth, lip’”), from Middle Irish bus

[edit] Noun

puss (plural pusses)

1. (slang) The mouth

   She gave him a slap in the puss.

[edit] Synonyms

• (mouth): cakehole, gob, mush, trap

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: pssu
• PSUs
• sups
• USPs, USPS

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology 1

From pusse (“‘to clean, polish, plaster, render’”).

[edit] Noun

puss m.

1. polish, finery
2. plaster, plastering
3. finery

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin pus.

[edit] Noun

puss m or n

1. pus, matter

[edit] Etymology 3

From Low Saxon

[edit] Noun

puss n.

1. trick, prank.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for puss	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	puss	pussen	pussar	pussarna
Possessive form	puss	pussens	pussars	pussarnas

puss c.

1. A light or dispassionate kiss performed with closed lips (compare with kyss).