Definition of "kitty" in 英语

noun

1. A young cat; a kitten.

   • He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.

2. An adult cat; also (often childish), sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

   • Here, kitty kitty! Nice kitty!

3. (euphemistic, slang) Synonym of pussy (“vulva and/or vagina”).

noun

1. (bowls) Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).

2. A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.

3. Synonym of pot (“a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game”).

4. Synonym of widow (“an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder”).

noun

1. (Northern England, slang) A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.

noun

1. (UK, dialectal) In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).

noun

1. (UK, dialectal, archaic) Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).