Meaning of Kitty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A young cat; a kitten.
   informal
2. A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
3. A generic given name for a cat.
4. Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
5. A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.
   Northern-England, slang
6. In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).
   UK, dialectal
7. Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).
   UK, archaic, dialectal
8. An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.
   broadly, informal
9. A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.
   especially, slang
10. Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).
    euphemistic, slang
11. Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
    especially, slang
12. Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).
    especially, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.”

“A pretty young Kitty, / She had that could Purr; / 'Tvvas gameſome and handſome, / And had a rare Furr; […]”

“Grandma-cats don't very often care for their grand-kittens. But I know⟳ two little Maltese kittens that have⟳ the nicest grandma that ever any little kittens had. […] The kitties are named "Bill" and "May." They are good names. […] Of the kitties, you can't tell⟳ which is the prettier, however hard you try⟳; and they are good kitties, as they ought to be, with a mamma and a grandma to take⟳ care of them.”

“Warm kitty, soft kitty, / Little ball of fur, / Sleepy kitty, happy kitty, / Purr! Purr! Purr!”

“To a child, a cat may look⟳ like⟳ a moving toy, so it's important to explain⟳ how delicate and sensitive a cat's body is from the very start⟳. […] Even how a child picks up and handles the cat can make⟳ the kitty begin⟳ to fear the very sight of the youngster.”

“Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!”

“Looking at Lynn's naked body one last⟳ time, Mia decided to try⟳ something else. She waited for Lynn to bend⟳ down to grab⟳ her underwear and then came up behind her and began licking her kitty with long, wet⟳ strokes.”

“The way Tariq was licking her kitty had her clutching the sheets.”

“Evan's tongue was magic. She'd heard most men didn't have⟳ the skills to make⟳ a girl lose⟳ her mind⟳ by licking her kitty. But Evan …”

“Your business is busted up, your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last⟳ bluff you made, […]”

“They told me you always had to come⟳ back to the band with your hand open⟳ so they could see⟳ what tip⟳ you got and you put⟳ that in the kitty.”

“Besides we had a nice tollbooth, / To pull'd down was a pity, / And in its stead we've got—forsooth— / A vile pernicious kitty. / […] / Like⟳ convicts in a condemn'd cell, / They're fed on bread and water; / 'Midst winter's cold and putrid smell⟳, / Thus tort'ring human nature.”

“[T]he male wrens (Troglodytes) of North America, build⟳ "cock-nests," to roost in, like⟳ the males of our distinct Kitty-wrens,—a habit wholly unlike that of any other known bird.”

“In the parish of Gaurie three curiosities upon the coast are exhibited to travellers: 1st, A perpendicular rock, of very great extent, full of shelves, and possessed by thousands of birds called kittywakes. […] Some people are fond of eating the young kitties; but the shooting of them is a favourite diversion every year.”

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