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puss |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir & Gael. pus.] 1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation. 2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen. {Puss in the corner}, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one {Puss moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to {Cerura}, {Harpyia}, and allied genera, esp. {Harpyia vinuli}, of Europe. The larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puss n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {pussy}, {nooky}, {slit}] 2: informal terms [syn: {kitty}, {kitty-cat}, {pussy}, {pussycat}]
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