puss
Meanings
Plural: pusses
Noun
- 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.
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
cakehole, cunt, festering, gob, ichor, kitty, kitty-cat, moggie, moggy, mush, Pansa, purulence, pus, Pus, pussy, pussycat, sanies, slit, snatch, suppuration, trap, twat
Scrabble Score: 6
puss is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpuss is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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