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KITTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal terms referring to a domestic cat
Synonyms:
kitty; kitty-cat; puss; pussy; pussycat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
domestic cat; Felis catus; Felis domesticus; house cat (any domesticated member of the genus Felis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Young domestic cat
Synonyms:
kitten; kitty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
young mammal (any immature mammal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)
Domain category:
poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The combined stakes of the betters
Synonyms:
kitty; pool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("kitty" is a kind of...):
bet; stake; stakes; wager (the money risked on a gamble)
Context examples:
Kitty is slight and delicate; and Mary studies so much, that her hours of repose should not be broken in on.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty and Lydia were far from envying Miss Lucas, for Mr. Collins was only a clergyman; and it affected them in no other way than as a piece of news to spread at Meryton.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Kitty and me were to spend the day there, and Mrs. Forster promised to have a little dance in the evening; (by the bye, Mrs. Forster and me are such friends!) and so she asked the two Harringtons to come, but Harriet was ill, and so Pen was forced to come by herself; and then, what do you think we did?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
