pussy

Noun

pussy (countable and uncountable, plural pussies)

1. (dated, endearing, informal) A cat.
   • And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.2007 November 17, Liz Jones, “Are cats the new dogs?”, in The Independent

   Synonyms:

   kitty, puss, pussy-cat, baudrons, cat, domestic cat, grimalkin, housecat, kibty, kitten

2. (colloquial, vulgar) The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
   • I'ma get up in that body like a surgeon / Pussy wetter than a damn sea urchin2018, “Super Saiyan Superman”, in Ta13oo, performed by Denzel Curry, United States

   Synonyms:

   axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge

3. (dated) Anything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow.
   • When the pussies on the willow
     Open in the spring,
     If you listen very closely
     You will hear them sing:—
     We are pussies, we are pussies,
     though we never purr;
     We are gaily swinging, swinging,
     in our coats of fur.before 1895, “Pussy Willow”
4. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a female; usually in the phrase get some pussy.
   • I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.
   • The teachers are not there to help you. Most of them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy!1991, Daniel Clowes, Art School Confidential

   Synonyms:

   aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation

5. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, weak-spirited, or pathetic person.
   • You're such a pussy!
   • You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses. But labs—they seem sort of real. I don't suppose you can bluff a bacteria—what is it?—bacterium?1925, Sinclair Lewis, Martin Arrowsmith (fiction), Harcourt Brace & Company

   Synonyms:

   bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail

6. (archaic, colloquial, endearing) A woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness.
   • ‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
   • If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman?2010 June 3, Jojo Moyes, “Why love letters are better left unread”, in The Telegraph
7. (vulgar) The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.

   Synonyms:

   a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass, back alley, back door

8. (Internet, humorous, vulgar) Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy.
   • thrussy; clussy
9. (Internet, humorous, vulgar) A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into.
10. (dated) A game of tipcat.

    Synonyms:

    cat, cat and dog, one-a-cat, piggy

Verb

pussy (third-person singular simple present pussies, present participle pussying, simple past and past participle pussied)

1. (intransitive) Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out.

Adjective

IPA/ˈpʌ.si/

pussy (comparative pussier, superlative pussiest)

1. Containing or exuding pus.

   Synonyms:

   purulent, suppurant

Proper noun capitalized: Pussy

1. A village in La Léchère, Savoie department, France.