Meaning of Puss | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The mouth.
   slang
2. Alternative spelling of pus.
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
3. A cat.
   countable, informal, often, term-of-address, uncountable
4. The face.
   slang
5. A girl or young woman, or any child.
   countable, dated, endearing, uncountable
6. A hare.
   countable, dated, uncountable
7. The vulva (female genitalia).
   countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
8. Sex with a woman.
   metonymically, slang, uncountable, vulgar
9. A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.
   Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.”

“Come⟳ here, puss! I've got some milk for you.”

“He then began to beat⟳ about, in the ſame Language, and in the ſame Manner, as if he had been beating for a Hare, and at laſt cried out, 'Soho! Puſs is not far off. Here's her Form⟳, upon my Soul; I believe⟳ I may cry⟳ ſtole away.'”

“'[…] It won't kill⟳ Puss any better for that.' / "'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.”

“So don't know⟳! So, what are you gonna do? Sell⟳ your birthright for a little bit of puss?”

“Shut⟳ your puss before I shut⟳ it for you.”

“Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh⟳, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine puss.”

“She gave him a slap in the puss.”

“It didn't move⟳ as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes.”

“People called him Puss Head because if you crossed him, he went to great lengths to make⟳ sure that before you died, puss leaked from your head.”

“Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.”

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