pussycat

[ poos-ee-kat ]

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noun

a cat; pussy.
Informal. a person or thing not at all threatening: a pussycat underneath all his gruffness.

Origin of pussycat

First recorded in 1795–1805; pussy¹ + cat

Words Nearby pussycat

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How to use pussycat in a sentence

Aidy and I wanted to do an all-girl music video, in the style of pussycat Dolls.
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She starred in numerous Meyer movies, most notably in the cult classic Faster pussycat!
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Whoever did what Luka Magnotta is accused of doing makes the Causeway Cannibal look like a pussycat.
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She ditched her folksy new sound for irresistible pop tunes and the scantily clad look of The pussycat Dolls.
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Nicole Scherzinger is a two-time reality-show winner and former lead singer of The pussycat Dolls.
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Logan wasn't much over five feet tall, and his flight suit made him look like a bald pussycat.
Tight Squeeze | Dean Charles Ing
The only thing I knew for sure was that I wasn't going to hand over any helpless little pussycat to a guy with eyes like that.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
He's got a head on him like an observation balloon and a tongue that feels like a pussycat's back.
Torchy As A Pa | Sewell Ford
I was quite willing to believe that the titan before me was able to perform the tiger-pussycat metamorphosis.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
"I noticed the Owl and the pussycat moored at the pier as we came by," he said.
Horace Chase | Constance Fenimore Woolson

British Dictionary definitions for pussycat

pussycat

/ (ˈpʊsɪˌkæt) /

noun

an informal or child's name for a cat 1 (def. 1)
British informal an endearing or gentle person

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