kitty
noun
a kitten.
kitty
1 American
[kit-ee]
/ ˈkɪt i /
kitty
2
American
[kit-ee]
/ ˈkɪt i /
noun
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kitties
plural
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a pool or reserve of money, often collected from a number of persons or sources and designated for a particular purpose specified by the contributors.
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Cards.
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a pool into which players in a game put a certain amount of their winnings for some special purpose, as to pay for refreshments.
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the pot, or a special pot, for the collection of forfeits or payments for certain high hands.
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Kitty
3
American
[kit-ee]
/ ˈkɪt i /
noun
kitty
1
British
/ ˈkɪtɪ /
noun
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the pool of bets in certain gambling games
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any shared fund of money, etc
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(in bowls) the jack
kitty
2
British
/ ˈkɪtɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of kitty1
First recorded in 1710–20; kitt(en) + -y 2
Origin of kitty2
Example Sentences
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Then he kisses kitty on the cheek and reintroduces him as Maní – the Spanish word for peanut.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Williamson, who allegedly fleeced Becerra’s political kitty when she owned a government relations firm before joining Newsom’s staff, pleaded not guilty to bank and tax fraud charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
Spending cash from the kitty is clean, clear and less dangerous if things go wrong.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
You have to assume that the transfer kitty, or most of it, has been spent, so don't hold out much hope of signing many players in January.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
I shook my favorite shirt, causing kitty litter and potato chip crumbs to shoot off in multiple directions.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Weirder still: The Hello Kitty party is far from the only rave that Dave & Buster’s has held.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Kitty Colley, representing Brunning, had told the hearing her client was of "good character".
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
No wonder Warren Buffett wrote in a 2007 letter to shareholders that a “farsighted capitalist” at Kitty Hawk would have done successors a favor by “shooting Orville down.”
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
The event is billed as a celebration of Faye’s series protagonist, Kitty Howe, a “full-time high school math teacher and part-time accidental crime solver.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
But Aunt Kitty put her hand up to shush me.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
These rival kitties were leopard cats, small wild cats with leopard-like spots, that lived in human settlements in China for around 3,500 years.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
“My original inspiration was to match the furniture to the kitties so I don’t see their cat hair,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
The inhaled air is trapped on the olfactory epithelium and/or the Jacobson’s organ, giving kitties an extra chance to detect scent molecules.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 2, 2024
This plush D4 die is filled with catnip to delight chaotic good kitties and tabletop RPG fans.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
"I don't know how, but they followed me here. I have half of Ishtar's kitties living downstairs. Never met such demanding beasts."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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