kitty
Syllables: kit·tyUK/ˈkɪti//ˈkɪti/
kitty noun: a young cat; a kitten.
Noun (1)
kitty (plural kitties)
- A young cat; a kitten.
- 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; […]a. 1708 (date written), [Henry Playford], “Puss in a Corner: A New Song, to a Pretty New Tune Made by a Man of Quality”, in Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […]...
- An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.
- Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!
- Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).
- 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.2010 June, Anya Nicole, “A Fraud, a Phony, a Fake”, in Judgment Day, Deer Park, N.Y.: Urban Books, →ISBN, page 166
- The way Tariq was licking her kitty had her clutching the sheets.2017, CoCo Amoure [pseudonym], Falling For A Young Boss (Promise Me Forever; 2), [Atlanta, Ga.]: Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- pussy
Noun (2)
kitty (plural kitties)
- Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
- Synonyms:
- jack
- 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.
- Your business is busted up, your thousand dollars is gone into the kitty of this corrupt country on that last bluff you made, […]1909 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Fourth in Salvador”, in Roads of Destiny, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, pages 213–214
- 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.1995 September 8 (date interviewed), Peter Vacher, quoting Betty Hall Jones, “Betty Hall Jones: Piano, Organ, and Vocals”, in Swingin’ on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles, Lanham...
- Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).
- Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).
- Synonyms:
- widow
Noun (3)
kitty (plural kitties)
- A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.
- 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.1824, Robert Gilchrist, “The Retrospect”, in A Collection of Original Local Songs. […], 2nd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland: […] [F]or the author, by W. A. Mitchell, […], →OCLC, page 28
Noun (4)
kitty (plural kitties)
- In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).
- [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.[1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Instinct”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 243
Noun (5)
kitty (plural kitties)
- 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)”).
- 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...1806, Ro[bert] Forsyth, “Banffshire”, in The Beauties of Scotland: […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [John Brown] for Arch[ibald] Constable and Co. and John Brown, […], →OCLC, page 460
- Synonyms:
- kittiwake
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kitty
Kitty
- A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kitty
Kitty
- A generic given name for a cat.
kitty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kitty in Hindi
- किट्टी, किटी, कीटी
kitty in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும்
kitty in Marathi
- किट्टी, किटी
kitty in Urdu
- kitty, cat
- مانو māno
More languagesFewer languages
- kitty in Bengali
- বিড়ালছানা
- kitty in Telugu
- కిట్టీ, కిట్టి
- kitty in Malayalam
- കിറ്റി
- kitty in Kannada
- ಒಟ್ಟು ಪಣ, ಬಾಜಿ, ಕೂಡು ನಿಧಿ, ಸಮಷ್ಟಿ ನಿಧಿ
- kitty in Punjabi
- ਕਿੱਟੀ, ਕਿਟੀ
- kitty in Gujarati
- કિટ્ટી, કીટી, કિટી
- kitty in Odia
- କିଟି, କିଟ୍ଟି
- kitty in Nepali
- किट्टी, किटी
- kitty in Arabic
- هُرَيْرَة hurayra
- kitty in Persian
- پیشی piši
- kitty in Thai
- แมวเหมียว, เจ้าเหมียว
Examples of kitty in a sentence
- Warm kitty, soft kitty, / Little ball of fur, / Sleepy kitty, happy kitty, / Purr!1937, Edith Newlin, “Warm Kitty”, in Laura Pendleton MacCarteney, compiler, Songs for the Nursery School: […], Cincinnati, Oh.: Willis...
- She'd heard most men didn't have the skills to make a girl lose her mind by licking her kitty.2019 November 18, Shanté Funches, “Mya and Evan”, in Web of Desire, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
Synonyms of kitty
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Forms of kitty
| plural | kitties |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kittie |
| alternative form | kbity |
| alternative form | kibty |
| alternative form | kity |
Origin of kitty
From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”). Etymology 1 sense 2 (“vulva and/or vagina”) is probably modelled after the use of pussy to refer to the body part, from the appearance of an unshaven vulva.
Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Words formed from kitty
Phrases with kitty
- kitty cats
- Kitty Hawk
- kitty doors
- kitty flips
- Kitty Hawker
- kitty kisses
- Shitty Kitty
- kitty corners
- kitty cruises
- kitty flipped
- Kitty Hawkers
- kitty litters
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Words that rhyme with kitty
Questions about kitty
- What does kitty mean?
- Kitty means a young cat; a kitten.
- What is kitty in Hindi?
- Kitty in Hindi is किट्टी, किटी, कीटी. See Kitty meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kitty in a sentence?
- Warm kitty, soft kitty, / Little ball of fur, / Sleepy kitty, happy kitty, / Purr!
- What part of speech is kitty?
- Kitty can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kitty?
- Kitty is pronounced /ˈkɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kitty?
- The plural of kitty is kitties.
Words near kitty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kitty (page history and authors); Kitty (page history and authors); kitty (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kitty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مانو (Urdu) (page history and authors); kitty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kitty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kitty (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kitty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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