puss

See also pus

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From a Common Germanic word for cat. Akin to Dutch poes "puss, cat", Low German puus-katte, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus

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

Noun

puss (plural pusses)

1. (informal) A cat

   Our local theatre is showing the pantomime Puss in Boots.

2. a girl or young woman

Synonyms

• (cat): moggie/moggy

Related terms

• pussy

Etymology 2

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

Noun

puss (plural pusses)

1. (slang) The mouth

   She gave him a slap in the puss.

Synonyms

• (mouth): cakehole, gob, mush, trap

Anagrams

• PSUs
• sups
• USPs, USPS

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

puss m.

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

Etymology 2

From Latin pus.

Noun

puss m or n

1. pus, matter

Etymology 3

From Low German

shit'

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

puss c.

1. peck; a light or dispassionate kiss performed with closed lips, used for example as a greeting or in non-sensual/non-sexual contexts
2. a puddle, a plash

Declension

Declension of puss

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	puss	pussen	pussar	pussarna
genitive	puss	pussens	pussars	pussarnas

Related terms

• pussa

See also

• kyss