kitty

[ kit-ee ]

/ ˈkɪt i /

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noun, plural kit·ties.

a kitten.

a pet name for a cat.

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Origin of kitty

First recorded in 1710–20; kitt(en) + -y²

kitty

[ kit-ee ]

/ ˈkɪt i /

noun, plural kit·ties.

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.

Cards.

a pool into which players in a game put a certain amount of their winnings for some special purpose, as to pay for refreshments.
the pot, or a special pot, for the collection of forfeits or payments for certain high hands.
widow(def 2).

Origin of kitty

First recorded in 1815–25; kit¹ + -y²

Kitty

[ kit-ee ]

/ ˈkɪt i /

noun

a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.

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British Dictionary definitions for kitty

kitty

/ (ˈkɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

a diminutive or affectionate name for a kitten, cat 1

Word Origin for kitty

C18: see kit ³

noun plural -ties

the pool of bets in certain gambling games

any shared fund of money, etc

(in bowls) the jack

Word Origin for kitty

C19: see kit 1

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Word Origin and History for kitty

kitty

n.1

"young cat," 1719, variant of kitten, perhaps influenced by kitty "girl, young woman" (c.1500), originally a pet form of fem. proper name Catherine. Kitty Hawk, N.C., apparently is a mangling of a native Algonquian name; it also has been written as Chicahauk.

kitty

n.2

"pool of money in a card game," 1887, probably from kit (n.1), in a sense of "collection of necessary supplies" (1833); but perhaps rather from northern England slang kitty "prison, jail, lock-up" (1825), of uncertain origin.

kitty

noun, plural kit·ties.

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