pussy

plural pussies

1. countabledatedendearinginformaluncountableA cat.First known use 17th c.

   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 November 17, Liz Jones, “Are cats the new dogs?”, in The Independent

   Synonyms: kitty, puss, pussy-cat, baudrons, cat, domestic cat, grimalkin, housecat

2. colloquialcountableuncountablevulgarThe female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.First known use 17th c.

   I'ma get up in that body like a surgeon / Pussy wetter than a damn sea urchin

   2018, “Super Saiyan Superman”, in Ta13oo, performed by Denzel Curry, United States

   Synonyms: axe wound, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush

3. countabledateduncountableAnything soft and furry; a bloom form, or catkin, as on the pussy willow.First known use 19th c.

   When the pussies on the willow Open in the spring, If you listen very closely You will hear them sing:— We are pussies, we are pussies, though we never purr; We are gaily swinging, swinging, in our coats of fur.

   before 1895, “Pussy Willow”

4. slanguncountablevulgarSexual intercourse with a female; usually in the phrase get some pussy.First known use 20th c.

   I’m gonna get me some pussy tonight.

   1 more example

   The teachers are not there to help you. Most of them are still freelancers and the last thing they want is more competition. They are there because they need a steady paycheck and they hope to score some pussy!

   1991, Daniel Clowes, Art School Confidential

   Synonyms: aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction

5. countablederogatoryslanguncountablevulgarA coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, weak-spirited, or pathetic person.First known use 20th c.

   You're such a pussy!

   3 more examples

   You ought to hear some of the docs that are the sweetest old pussies with their patients—the way they bawl out the nurses. But labs—they seem sort of real. I don't suppose you can bluff a bacteria—what is it?—bacterium?

   1925, Sinclair Lewis, Martin Arrowsmith (fiction), Harcourt Brace & Company

   I couldn't carry the burden of shame engendered by the bully-boy advertising of "max-strength" cold and flu remedies, the obvious subtext of which is "Get to work, you pussy."

   2007 November 26, Matt Keating, “Do everyone a favour and don't bring your cold to work”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2014

   [Shepard:] You're in a bad situation, and I'm going to get you out of here. [Jack:] Shit, you sound like a pussy.

   2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Prison Ship Purgatory

   Synonyms: bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver

6. archaiccolloquialcountableendearinguncountableA woman or girl, seen as having characteristics associated with cats such as sweetness.First known use 16th c.

   ‘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 Beetle

   1 more example

   If Lloyd George’s endearments to mistress Frances Stevenson – “My darling Pussy. You might phone… on Friday if you can come. Don’t let Hankey see you” – had been made similarly public, would he have maintained his own reputation as a towering statesman?

   2010 June 3, Jojo Moyes, “Why love letters are better left unread”, in The Telegraph

7. countableuncountablevulgarThe anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex.

   Synonyms: a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass

8. InternetcountablehumorousuncountablevulgarUsed in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to cavities. See -ussy.

   thrussy; clussy

9. InternetcountablehumorousuncountablevulgarA notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into.
10. countabledateduncountableA game of tipcat.

    Synonyms: cat, cat and dog, one-a-cat, piggy

present singular third person pussies · participle present pussying · participle past pussied · past pussied

1. intransitiveUsed in a phrasal verb: pussy out.

comparative pussier · superlative pussiest

1. medicineContaining or exuding pus.

   Synonyms: purulent, suppurant

comparative more pussy · superlative most pussy

1. alternativedatedslangAlternative form of pursy.

1. A village in La Léchère, Savoie department, France.