puss
(also ‘pussy’ or ‘pussy cat’; pronunciation – the letter ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in the word ‘put’; and the letter ‘u’ in ‘pussy’ also rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in “put” — for the right pronunciation, please click here)
a puss with its puss (kittens)
another word for a domestic cat, and also for the baby (kitten) of a cat
1.
puss (noun) =
(a) a girl or young women
(b) the mouth
(c) the human face
(d) a woman thought of as a sex object by men
(e) {not to be used in formal occasions} the sex organ of a woman
(f) {not to be used in formal occasions} the sex act between a man and a woman
2.
pussycat/pussy = a person, especially a young woman; a person, especially a man, who is not brave; who is afraid of everything… (Please, watch the second video on the right, in which President Obama was called a pussy!)
3.
to pussyfoot (verb) =
(a) to be too careful or afraid to take strong action, or too careful to express one’s opinions; to act or behave in a timid or cowardly way
(b) to move about a place stealthily (= secretly; without being seen or noticed) and/or cautiously (carefully); to go about some place spying on others, usually one’s neighbours
4.
to play pussy =
(a) to keep someone, usually a victim, in suspense (= not telling everything so that the victim is worried about the future)
(b) to take cover in the clouds to follow an enemy in an air battle (= fighting with an enemy using war planes – fighter jets)
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