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pussycat

[ poo s-ee-kat ]

/ ˈpʊs iˌkæt /

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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

puss moth, pussy, pussy willow, pussy-toes, pussy-whip, pussycat, pussyfoot, pustulant, pustular, pustulate, pustulation

Example sentences from the Web for pussycat

Aidy and I wanted to do an all-girl music video, in the style of Pussycat Dolls.

'SNL' Star Kate McKinnon's Big, 'Awesome,' Emmy-Nominated Year |Kevin Fallon |August 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Whoever did what Luka Magnotta is accused of doing makes the Causeway Cannibal look like a pussycat.

Canada’s 'Cannibal Killer:' Early Reports Warned About Luka Magnotta |Winston Ross |June 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Nicole Scherzinger is a two-time reality-show winner and former lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls.

X Factor’s Controversial New Judge |Jaimie Etkin |September 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
She ditched her folksy new sound for irresistible pop tunes and the scantily clad look of The Pussycat Dolls.

X Factor’s Controversial New Judge |Jaimie Etkin |September 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

My good friend and a member of the Yale Corporation, Calvin Trillin, managed to convince President Levin that I was a pussycat.

Yale's Conspiracy of Silence |Larry Kramer |April 24, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
"I noticed the Owl and the Pussycat moored at the pier as we came by," he said.

Horace Chase |Constance Fenimore Woolson
Thus the tiger has converted the man, in his own mind, to a state as nerveless as the pussycat's.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
Papa was the Pussycat and she was the little mouse in her hole under the bed-clothes.

Life and Death of Harriett Frean |May Sinclair
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

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