puss
English
/pʊs/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) A cat.
- (dated) A girl or young woman, or any child.
- (dated) A hare.
- (vulgar) The vulva (female genitalia).
- (vulgar) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for him- or herself.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German pūs derived from Dutch, Flemish poes (cat, female cat, vagina, slang for vulva, pussy, puss).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
poes
Gloss
cat, female cat, vagina, slang for vulva, pussy, puss
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
猫
Emoji
🐅 🐆 🐈⬛ 🐯 🐱 😸 😹 😺 😻 😼 😽 😾 😿 🙀 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pussygate English
- a English
- bag English
- beagle English
- beaglepuss English
- glamour English
- glamourpuss English
- in English
- pocketpussy English
- puss in a bag English
- pussification English
- pussify English
- pussy English
- pussy pass English
- pussyboy English
- pussybreath English
- pussydom English
- pussyfest English
- pussyfication English
- pussyfoot English
- pussyfucker English
- pussygirl English
- pussyhole English
- pussyification English
- pussyless English
- pussylicker English
- pussylike English
- pussyman English
- pussymonger English
- pussyologist English
- pussyology English
- pussytoes English
- pussywhip English
- sour English
- sour puss English
- sourpuss English
- pitspoes Dutch, Flemish
- poes Dutch, Flemish
- poeslief Dutch, Flemish
- smeerpoets Dutch, Flemish
- puisín Irish
- pisicuță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pisică Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- poes Afrikaans
- pûse Middle Low German
- pūs Middle Low German
- Puus Saterland Frisian
- puspusi Sranan Tongo
- piso Malagasy
- ᐴᔒ Cree
- puusi Fiji Hindi
- puusii Fiji Hindi
- puss-puss Chinook Jargon
- pusi Yurok
- ᐴᔒ Northern East Cree
- a
- in
- bag
- sour
- pussy
- beagle
- pussify
- glamour
- sourpuss
- pussyboy
- pussydom
- pussyman
- pussylike
- pussyfest
- pussygirl
- pussywhip
- pussyhole
- sour puss
- Pussygate
- pussyless
- pussyfoot
- pussytoes
- pussy pass
- beaglepuss
- pussyology
- pussyfucker
- pocketpussy
- pussymonger
- pussybreath
- glamourpuss
- pussylicker
- pussyologist
- pussyfication
- pussification
- puss in a bag
- pussyification