Puss

Pronunciation

• enPR: po͝os, IPA: /pÊŠs/
• Rhymes: -ÊŠs

From a Common word for cat. Akin to Dutch poes "puss, cat", Low German puus-katte, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus.

Found also in several other European and Western Asian languages. Compare Romanian pisica.

Full definition of puss

Noun

1. (informal) A cat.Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
2. A girl or young woman.
3. (dated, hunting) A hare.
4. (slang) pussy; vagina

Synonyms

• (cat) moggie/moggy

Related terms

• pussy

Of origin, from or akin to Irish pus ("mouth, lip"), from Middle Irish bus.

Noun

1. (slang) The mouth.She gave him a slap in the puss.

Synonyms

• (mouth) cakehole, gob, mush, trap

Anagrams

• PSUs
• sups
• USPs, USPS