Puss

English

Noun

Puss (plural Pusses)

1. (informal) A cat

   Our local theatre is showing the pantomime Puss in Boots.

2. a girl or young woman

Synonyms

• (cat): moggie/moggy

Related terms

• pussy

Noun

Puss (plural Pusses)

1. (slang) The mouth

   She gave him a slap in the puss.

Synonyms

• (mouth): cakehole, gob, mush, trap

Thesaurus

Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat, blue cat, bud, calico cat, cat, chick, chickabiddy, child, countenance, dial, face, facies, favor, features, feline, gib, gib-cat, grimalkin, house cat, juvenile, kid, kisser, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, lineaments, map, moppet, mouser, mug, mush, muzzle, nipper, pan, phiz, physiognomy, pussy, pussycat, silver cat, tabby, tabby cat, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, visage, youngster

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝os, IPA: /pʊs/, SAMPA: /pUs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

Etymology 1

From a Common Germanic word for cat. Akin to Dutch poes "puss, cat", Low German puus-katte, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus

Found also in several other European and Western Asian languages. Compare Romanian pisica.

Etymology 2

Of Celtic origin, from or akin to Irish pus (“mouth, lip”), from Middle Irish bus

Anagrams

• PSUs
• sups
• USPs, USPS

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Norwegian

Noun

Puss m.

1. polish, finery
2. plaster, plastering
3. finery

Noun

Puss m or n

1. pus, matter

Noun

Puss n.

1. trick, prank.

Etymology 1

From pusse (“to clean, polish, plaster, render”).

Etymology 2

From Latin pus.

Etymology 3

From Low German

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Swedish

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

Pronunciation

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Declension

Declension of Puss

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Puss	Pussen	Pussar	Pussarna
genitive	puss	Pussens	Pussars	Pussarnas

Related terms

• pussa

See also

• kyss