puss
Plural: pusses
Noun
- A familiar term for a cat; a pussycat.
- obscene terms for female genitals
- informal terms referring to a domestic cat
- the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
- a fluid product of inflammation
- A cat.
- A girl or young woman, or any child.
- A hare.
- The vulva (female genitalia).
- Sex with a woman.
- A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.
- The mouth.
- The face.
- Alternative spelling of pus.
Examples
- Come here, puss! I've got some milk for you.
- He played PUSS for a quick 6 points, thinking of his feline companion.
- Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
- She gave him a slap in the puss.
- Shut your puss before I shut it for you.
Origin / Etymology
Probably from Middle Low German pūs, pūskatte or Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, slang for “vulva”), ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة (bissa)).
Akin to West Frisian poes, Low German Puus, Puuskatte, Danish pus, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus.
Found also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare Romanian pisică, Persian پیشی (piši), Tamil பூசை (pūcai), Tagalog pusa
and Sardinian pisittu.
Synonyms
cunt, festering, ichor, kitty, kitty-cat, Pansa, purulence, Pus, pus, pussy, pussycat, sanies, slit, snatch, suppuration, twat, cakehole, gob, moggie, moggy, mush, trap
Scrabble Score: 6
puss: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpuss: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puss: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary