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sissie

sissie is the alternative form of sissy.

Meaning of sissy

Noun (1)

sissy (plural sissies)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) An effeminate boy or man.
    Synonyms:
    effeminate man
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
    • This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines.1963, Robert Smith, Pro Football: The History of the Game and the Great Players, page 144
    Synonyms:
    coward
  3. A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
    • I realised I still held my normal male clothes and dropped them to the floor under the desk, out of the way. […] Would it hurt? Yes, I knew it would from watching videos of sissies being spanked by their dominant mistresses.2018, Paul Zante, Sissy Dreams: Motel Sissy, page 4
  4. (colloquial, dated) Sister; often used as a term of address
    • "I so glad - so glad the wicked thing not hurt my sissy!" and in that moment of thankful joy the two children embraced each other with fond affection.1862, Charlotte Maria Tucker, Christian conquests, by A.L.O.E., page 61
    Synonyms:
    sis

Noun (2)

sissy (uncountable)

  1. (childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
    • She has to make. She has to make sissy.1997, Clark Moustakas, Relationship Play Therapy, →ISBN, page 160

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Forms of sissie

pluralsissies

Questions about sissie

What is sissie the alternative form of?
Sissie is the alternative form of sissy.

Words near sissie in the dictionary

  1. Sissel
  2. sisserou
  3. sisserous
  4. sisses
  5. Sisseton
  6. sissie
  7. sissied
  8. sissier
  9. sissies
  10. sissiest
  11. sissification

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