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pusses

pusses is the plural of puss.

pusses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pus.

Meaning of puss

Noun

puss (countable and uncountable, plural pusses)

  1. (informal, often, term-of-address) A cat.
    • Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
    Synonyms:
    moggie, moggy
  2. (dated, endearing) A girl or young woman, or any child.
  3. (dated) A hare.
    • 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.'1749, Henry Fielding, “In which is seen a more moving Spectacle, than all the Blood in the Bodies of Thwackum and Blifil and of Twenty other such, is capable of producing”, in The History of Tom...
  4. (slang, vulgar) The vulva (female genitalia).
  5. (metonymically, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sex with a woman.
    • So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of puss?1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)
  6. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.

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Meaning of pus

Verb

pus (third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)

  1. (rare) To emit pus.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

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Phrases with pusses

Questions about pusses

What is pusses the plural of?
Pusses is the plural of puss.

Words near pusses in the dictionary

  1. pussel
  2. pussels
  3. pusser
  4. pusser's crabs
  5. pussers
  6. pusses
  7. pusses out
  8. pussied
  9. pussied out
  10. pussier
  11. pussies

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