pussy

English

Etymology 1

From pus + -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs'i, IPA^(key): /ˈpʌsi/

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Adjective

pussy (comparative pussier, superlative pussiest)

1. (medicine) Containing pus.

Synonyms

• purulent

Translations

containing pus

• Dutch: etterig, purulent (nl)
• Finnish: märkäinen, märkivä
• French: purulent (fr)
• German: eitrig (de)
• Greek: πυώδης (el) m (pyódis)
• Italian: purulento
• Macedonian: гноен m (gnóen), загноен m (zágnoen)

• Norwegian: pussfylt
• Polish: ropny
• Portuguese: purulento (pt)
• Romanian: purulent (ro), supurant (ro)
• Russian: гнойный (ru) (gnójnyj)
• Spanish: purulento
• Swedish: varig

Etymology 2

From puss + -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝os'i, IPA^(key): /ˈpʊsi/

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Noun

pussy (plural pussies)

1. (colloquial, now rare) An affectionate term for a woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness. [from 16th c.]
   • 2010, Jojo Moyes, "Why love letters are better left unread", The Telegraph, 3 Jun 2010:

     If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman?

2. (informal) An affectionate term for a cat. [from 17th c.]
   • 2007, Liz Jones, "Are cats the new dogs?", The Independent, 17 Nov 07:

     And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.

3. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. [from 17th c.]

   You have a lovely pussy!

4. Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow. [from 19th c.]
5. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman. [from 20th c.]

   I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.

6. (vulgar, slang, chiefly North America) A coward, a weakling; someone unable to stand up for himself. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007, Matt Keating, "Do everyone a favour and don't bring your cold to work", The Guardian, 26 Nov 07:

     I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy."

7. (dated) The game of tipcat.

Hypernyms

• genitals

Synonyms

• (cat): kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy-cat
• (vagina): See also Wikisaurus:vagina
• (uncountable: intercourse with woman): poontang, poon, tang, punani
• (coward): scaredy-cat, wimp, wuss, pansy, sissy

Derived terms

Derived terms

eat pussy pussycat pussy control pussy bow pussyfoot pussy out

pussy posse pussy power pussytoes pussywhipped pussy willow

Translations

affectionate term for a girl or woman

• Finnish: misu (fi), mirri (fi)
• French: minette (fr) f
• Italian: gattina (it) f, micetta f

• Russian: кошечка (ru) f (kóšečka), киса (ru) f (kísa), цыпочка (ru) f (cýpočka), тёлочка (ru) f (tjóločka)
• Spanish: gatita f, nenita f, lolita (es) f, chiquita f

informal: affectionate term for a cat

• Albanian: mace (sq)
• Armenian: փիսո (pʿiso), փիսիկ (pʿisik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓 (zh), 猫 (zh) (māo), 貓咪 (zh), 猫咪 (māomī)

• Czech: kočička f, micka f, čičinka f
• Danish: mis (da), missekat (da)
• Dutch: poes (nl) f
• Estonian: kiisu, miisu
• Filipino: kuting
• Finnish: kisu (fi), kissimirri (fi), mirri (fi)
• French: minou (fr) m, minet (fr) m, chaton (fr) m
• Georgian: ციცუნია (c’ic’unia)
• German: Kätzchen (de) n, Mieze (de) f, Pantoffeltiger m (humorous)
• Greek: ψιψίνα (el) f (psipsína), γατούλα (el) f (gatoúla), γατάκι (el) n (gatáki)
• Hungarian: cica (hu), cicus
• Icelandic: kisa (is) f, kisi m
• Ido: katyuno (io)
• Italian: micio (it) m

• Japanese: ねこちゃん (nekochan), にゃんにゃん (nyan nyan), にゃんこ (nyanko), 小猫 (こねこ, koneko)
• Korean: 고양이 (ko) (goyangi)
• Macedonian: мачка f (máčka), маче n (máčе)
• Maltese: pejxu
• Norwegian: pus (no) m, kattepus m, pusekatt (no) m
• Persian: پیشی (fa) (piši)
• Polish: kiciuś (pl) m, kicia (pl) f
• Portuguese: chaninho m
• Romanian: pisică (ro) f
• Russian: кошечка (ru) m (kóšečka), киса (ru) f (kísa), киска (ru) f (kíska)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мачкица f, маца f, цица f, цица-маца f, маче n

  Roman: mačkica f, maca f, cica f, cica-maca f, mače n

• Slovak: cica f, micka f
• Spanish: gato (es) m, gata (es) f , gatito m
• Swedish: kisse (sv) c, pisse c, misse (sv) c
• Turkish: kedi (tr), (archaic) pisi pisi (tr)

slang: female genitalia

• Albanian: pidhi, pidhuci, (formal) vagina, (vulgar) piçkë f
• Arabic: كس (ar) m (kis, kus, kuss), فرج (ar) m (farj)

  Egyptian Arabic: كس m (kuss)

• Armenian: (vulgar) պուց (pucʿ)
• Azeri: amcıq, am
• Belarusian: (extremely vulgar) пізда f (pizdá)
• Bulgarian: (extremely vulgar) путка f (pútka)
• Catalan: cony (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屄 (zh) (bī)

  Min Nan: 芝屄 (chi-bai), 膣屄 (zh-min-nan) (chi-bai)

• Czech: piča (cs), kunda (cs), pizda (cs) f
• Danish: kusse (da), fisse (da)
• Dutch: kut (nl) f, poes (nl) f, kutje (nl), poesje (nl)
• Esperanto: piĉo (eo)
• Estonian: vitt, tuss, tussu, puts
• Finnish: pillu (fi), tussu (fi) (vulgar), pimppi (fi) (childish)
• French: chatte (fr) f, minou (fr) m, (Quebec) noune (fr) f
• Georgian: მუტელი (muteli)
• German: Fotze (de) f, Möse (de) f, Muschi (de) f
• Greek: μουνί (el) n (mouní), μουνάκι (el) n (mounáki)
• Hebrew: כוס (he) m (kus)
• Hindi: चूत f (cūt)
• Hungarian: punci (hu), pina (hu)
• Icelandic: píka (is) f, kunta (is) f, (childish) pjalla f, (slang) pussa, (slang) vagína f
• Indonesian: memek (id)
• Italian: fica (it) f, figa (it) f, mona (it) f, passera f, patata (it) f, topa (it) f
• Japanese: まんこ (ja) (manko), おまんこ (omanko)
• Kazakh: ам (am)
• Khmer: កណ្ដួយ (km) (kɑnduəy)
• Korean: 보지 (ko) (boji), 씹 (ko) (ssip)

• Latvian: peža f
• Lithuanian: putė, pyzda (lt) f
• Macedonian: пичка f (píčka), минџа f (míndža), слива f (slíva)
• Maltese: għoxx, pastizz, paċċu
• Northern Sami: cin'ná
• Norwegian: fitte (no) c, kuse (no) c, mus (no) c
• Persian: کس (fa) (kos)
• Polish: cipa (pl) f, pizda (pl) f, cipsko n
• Portuguese: buceta (pt) f, xana (pt) f, xoxota (pt) f, xavasca f, rata (pt) f
• Romanian: pizdă (ro) f, păsarică f
• Russian: (extremely vulgar) пизда (ru) f (pizdá), манда (ru) f (mandá), (mildly vulgar or childish) писька (ru) f (písʹka), пися (ru) f (písja), (euphemistic) киска (ru) f (kíska)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пичкица f, пица f, рибица f, мачкица f, пичка f, пизда f, минџа f, риба f, ђана f

  Roman: pičkica f, pica f, ribica f, mačkica f, pička f, pizda f, mindža f, riba f, đana f

• Sicilian: pacchiu (scn) m, sticchiu (scn) m
• Slovak: piča f, kunda f, pizda f
• Slovene: pička f, pizda (sl) f
• Spanish: (all of these words are vulgar usage) bollo (es) f (Cuba, Venezuela), chucha (es) f (Peru), cocho (es) f (Bolivia), concha (es) f (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay), coño (es) m (Spain), cuca (es) f (Venezuela), panocha (es) f (Mexico), punta (es), raja (es) f, choro (es) f, concha (es) f
• Swedish: fitta (sv) c, mutta (sv) c, (vulgar), snippa (sv) c (childish)
• Tagalog: puday, puke
• Tamil: koodhi (koodhi)
• Turkish: amcık (tr), am (tr)
• Ukrainian: (extremely vulgar) пизда f (pyzdá), манда f (mandá), (mildly vulgar or childish) піська f (písʹka), табака f (tabaka)
• Urdu: چوت f (cūt)

anything soft and furry

• Finnish: pörrö
• Italian: peloso m

• Spanish: peludito m

vulgar: sexual intercourse with a woman

• Finnish: pillu (fi)
• Spanish: pescar (es), culear (es), chingar (es), follar (es), coger (es), fornicar (es), tirar (es)

informal: coward

• Armenian: քած (kʿac)
• Danish: tøsedreng
• Dutch: (zacht) ei(tje), slapjanus (nl), watje (nl)
• Finnish: nynny
• French: poltron (fr) m, froussard (fr) m, mauviette (fr) f
• German: Weichei (de) n, Warmduscher (de) m, Lusche (de) f
• Italian: mammoletta f, femminuccia (it) f
• Japanese: 怖がり (こわがり, kowagari), 怖がり屋 (こわがりや, kowagariya), 腰抜け (こしぬけ, koshinuke)
• Macedonian: пичка f (píčka)
• Navajo: tsxaʼii

• Norwegian: pyse c, kylling (no) m, jente (no) f
• Portuguese: covarde (pt) m, frango (pt) m, maricas (pt) m, mulherzinha (pt) m
• Russian: трусишка (ru) m, f (trusíška), трус (ru) m (trus), трусиха (ru) f (trusíxa) (female), ссыку́н (ru) m (ssykún) (vulgar), бздун m (bzdun) (vulgar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пичкица f, пичка f, пизда f

  Roman: pičkica f, pička f, pizda f

• Spanish: mujersita m, maricón (es) m, mamón (es) m, puto (es) m, cagón (es) m, cagado (es) m, niñita m
• Swedish: fitta (sv) c (vulgar), mus (sv) c

Etymology 3

Adjective

pussy (comparative more pussy, superlative most pussy)

1. (slang, dated) Alternative form of pursy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.