pussycat
noun
a cat; pussy.
pussycats
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pluralof pussycat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“As Alan Carr says, the faithful have got to up the nerve at the banishment table and behave less like pussycats and more like rottweilers,” said TV reporter Siobhan Synnot.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Plus 1940s sipping-at-the-soda-shop starlet crepes in retro prints like rotary dial phones and slinky pussycats, or with judiciously placed rhinestones.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2017
IT can make engines sound like purring pussycats — or growling tigers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2016
They begin to purr like patriotic pussycats, and their stripes turn suddenly red, white and blue.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Poaching, of course,’ responded Charles; ‘it is what pussycats always do till they get shot by the keepers.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
