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Definition of Kitty

1. Noun. The combined stakes of the betters.

2. Noun. The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker).

3. Noun. Young domestic cat.

4. Noun. Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.

Definition of Kitty

1. n. A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.

Definition of Kitty

1. Proper noun. A diminutive of Katherine and related female given names. ¹

2. Noun. A kitten or young cat. ¹

3. Noun. A pet name for a cat. ¹

4. Noun. A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses. ¹

5. Noun. (poker slang) In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses. ¹

6. Noun. A less vulgar slang term for female genitals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kitty

1. a kitten or cat [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kitty

kitting out kittiwake kittiwakes kittle kittled kittler kittles kittlest kittlier kittliest

kittling kittlish kittly kittul kittuls kitty-cat kitty-cats kitty-corner kitty-cornered kitty bar the door

kitty corner kitty corners kitty cruise kitty litter kitty witties kitty witty kittycorner kittysol kittysols

Literary usage of Kitty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"kitty intellectual! What has been effectual to turn her stockings blue? ... Debutante was kitty, Frivolous and witty as ever bud that blew. ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1880)
"Now, see. here," said kitty, "you will have to stop that. I am not going to have guns pointed at me, and, perhaps, come to be a dreadful ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"For one thing, kitty was not the best of sailors. But then you could so quickly run back again in a steam- launch if there was anything like a sea on ..."

4. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"I 'll sing you a song About my little kitty; She's speckled all ... THE LITTLE kitty ELIZABETH PRENTISS Once there was a little kitty Whiter than snow; ..."

5. A Lawyer's Idle Hours: Sentiment-satire-humor-life-death-glory by C. Augustus Haviland (1902)
"I am waiting, weary waiting, weary waiting, kitty dear, I am waiting for thy message, I am waiting, waiting here; For the world to me is lonely, ..."

6. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"Now, kitty, git in, and bring the little basket and them two bundles ... ain't got no pass ; nuther is kitty Grim." I suggested to her to keep quiet, ..."

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