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Webster 1913 Edition


Puss

Puss

(pụs)
,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
poes
, Ir. & Gael.
pus
.]
1.
A cat; – a fondling appellation.
2.
A hare; – so called by sportsmen.
Puss in the corner
,
a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one.
Puss moth
(Zool.)
,
any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to
Cerura
,
Harpyia
, and allied genera, esp.
Harpyia vinuli
, of Europe. The larvæ are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages.

Webster 1828 Edition


Puss

PUSS

, n.
1.
The fondling name of a cat.
2.
The sportsman's name for a hare.

Definition 2024


puss

puss

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English

Noun

puss (plural pusses)

  1. (informal) A cat.
    Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
  2. A girl or young woman.
  3. (dated, hunting) A hare.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
      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."
  4. (vulgar, slang) **** (female genitalia).
  5. (vulgar, slang, chiefly Canada, US) A coward, a wuss; someone unable to stand up for himself.
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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.
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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʉs/

Etymology 1

From **** (to clean, polish, plaster, render).

Noun

puss m (definite singular pussen, indefinite plural pusser, definite plural pussene)

  1. polish, finery
  2. (a layer of) plaster (mortar), plastering
  3. finery

Etymology 2

From Latin pus.

Noun

puss m, n (definite singular pussen or pusset)

  1. (pathology) pus (yellowish fluid from infected tissue)

Etymology 3

Apparently from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German.

New High German Possen (coarse prank), although superficially similar, derives via Middle High German from Old French, and is therefore probably unrelated.

Noun

puss n (definite singular pusset, indefinite plural puss, definite plural pussa or pussene)

  1. trick, prank

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From **** (to clean, polish, plaster, render).

Noun

puss m (definite singular pussen, indefinite plural pussar, definite plural pussane)

  1. polish, finery
  2. (a layer of) plaster (mortar), plastering
  3. finery

Etymology 2

From Latin pus.

Noun

puss m, n (definite singular pussen or pusset)

  1. (pathology) pus (yellowish fluid from infected tissue)

Etymology 3

Apparently from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German.

New High German Possen (coarse prank), although superficially similar, derives via Middle High German from Old French, and is therefore probably unrelated.

Noun

puss n (definite singular pusset, indefinite plural puss, definite plural pussa)

  1. trick, prank

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɵs/

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

Inflection of puss 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative puss pussen pussar pussarna
Genitive puss pussens pussars pussarnas

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