kitty

¹

[kit-ee]

noun

plural

kitties 

1. a kitten.

2. a pet name for a cat.

kitty

²

[kit-ee]

noun

plural

kitties 

1. 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.

2. Cards.

   1. a pool into which players in a game put a certain amount of their winnings for some special purpose, as to pay for refreshments.

   2. the pot, or a special pot, for the collection of forfeits or payments for certain high hands.

   3. widow.

Kitty

³

[kit-ee]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.

kitty

¹

/ ˈkɪtɪ /

noun

1. the pool of bets in certain gambling games

2. any shared fund of money, etc

3. (in bowls) the jack

kitty

²

/ ˈkɪtɪ /

noun

1. a diminutive or affectionate name for a kitten cat 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of kitty¹

First recorded in 1710–20; kitt(en) + -y ²

Origin of kitty²

First recorded in 1815–25; kit ¹ + -y ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of kitty¹

C19: see _kit ¹

Origin of kitty²

C18: see _kit ³

Example Sentences

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.

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“Clever kitty! She is always first to know when visitors arrive. Ah, my dear Penny, at last!”

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“My original inspiration was to match the furniture to the kitties so I don’t see their cat hair,” he says.

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Discarded eventually — a raven essentially fills a similar role — the cat today has been resurrected for the Mansion, most notably in a revised attic scene where the kitty is spotted near a mournful bride.

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Spending cash from the kitty is clean, clear and less dangerous if things go wrong.

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Related Words

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