pussy
nounverbadjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈpɵsɪj//
- United States//ˈpʊsi//
- Scotland//ˈpʉse//
- Scotland//-sɪ//
- Scotland//-si//
- //ˈpʌ.si//
The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
noun
- 1
datedA 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.
- 2
The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
I'ma get up in that body like a surgeon / Pussy wetter than a damn sea urchin
- 3
datedAnything 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.
- 4
slangSexual 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!
- 5
slangA 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?
I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy."
[Shepard:] You're in a bad situation, and I'm going to get you out of here. [Jack:] Shit, you sound like a pussy.
- 6
archaicA 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.’
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?
- 7
The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.
- 8
Used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy.
thrussy; clussy
- 9
A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into.
- 10
datedA game of tipcat.
Etymology
Etymology tree English puss Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pussy From puss (“cat”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Usage of the word to refer to a coward may be influenced by pusillanimous.
verb
- 1
Used in a phrasal verb: pussy out.
adjective
- 1
Containing or exuding pus.
Etymology
Etymology tree English pus Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pussy From pus + -y.
adjective
- 1
Variant of pursydatedAlternative form of pursy.
Etymology
A variant of pursy with dialectal assimilation of /ɹ/ before a coronal consonant.
Forms
- plural
- pussies
- comparative
- pussier, more pussy
- superlative
- pussiest, most pussy
- past tense
- pussied
- past participle
- pussied
- present participle
- pussying
- third person singular
- pussies
pussy · The female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
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