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- 2A rude, insulting word for someone who is weak or easily scared.
Don't be a pussy, just jump in the pool!
His brothers called him a pussy for skipping the big roller coaster.
Similarcoward, chicken, sissy, chickenshit, candy-ass
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- 3A friendly, informal word for a cat.
The little girl called, "Here, pussy, pussy!" and the cat came running.
And although, as someone recently said to me, they are not "designer" (she had expected my pussies to be expensive, with a pedigree), to me my cats are the most beautiful in the world.
2007, Liz Jones, “Are cats the new dogs?”UsageMany people say kitty instead.
Similarcat, kitty, puss, pussy-cat, housecat
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- 4A very rude word for sex with a woman.
All he talked about at the party was trying to get some pussy.
He bragged that he would get some pussy this weekend, but he spent it alone playing video games.
Similarsex, ass, action, intercourse
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- 5A very rude and insulting word for a woman, or women, seen only as people to have sex with.
He walked into the club and told his friends the place was full of pussy.
She dumped him after hearing him call her friends "just pussy."
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Less common meanings
- 6A loving name for a woman or girl who seems sweet like a cat.
‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’
1897, Richard Marsh, The BeetleHere, pussy is a name for a woman, likened to a cat.Note
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- 8Full of pus, or leaking pus.
The cut on his knee got red and pussy, so he went to the doctor.
Her eye was pussy and sore from the infection.
Similarpurulent
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- 9A made-up body part that people joke about using when they try very hard.
I put my whole pussy into this cake, so you'd better like it.
My roommate put her whole pussy into cleaning the apartment before her parents came.
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- 10Another spelling of pursy: out of breath, often because of being fat, or short and fat.
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- 11An old name for tipcat, a game where players tap a small piece of wood into the air, then hit it far.
Similarcat
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- 12Something soft and furry, like the fluffy flowers on a pussy willow tree.
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Origins
From puss, a word for a cat, plus -y, an ending for small or dear things.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts
- Pussy is formed from puss plus the diminutive suffix -y. en.wiktionary.org
- Puss means a cat. en.wiktionary.org
- The suffix -y forms diminutives and terms of endearment. en.wiktionary.org
Made from pus and the ending -y.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- The adjective pussy is formed from pus and the suffix -y. en.wiktionary.org
From the word pursy, said without the r sound.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- This sense of pussy derives from pursy through loss of the distinct r sound by dialectal assimilation. en.wiktionary.org