puss
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, informal, often, term of address, uncountable)(informal, often as a term of address) A cat.
Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
Come here, puss! I've got some milk for you.
- 2.
(countable, dated, endearing, uncountable)A girl or young woman, or any child.
- 3.
(countable, dated, uncountable)(dated, hunting) A hare.
- 4.
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)The vulva (female genitalia).
- 5.
(metonymically, slang, uncountable, vulgar)(uncountable, vulgar, slang, metonymic) Sex with a woman.
- 6.
(Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)(vulgar, slang, chiefly Canada, US) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.
- 7.
(slang)The mouth.
Shut your puss before I shut it for you.
- 8.
(slang)The face.
She gave him a slap in the puss.
- 9.
(alt of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative spelling of pus.
It didn't move as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes.
People called him Puss Head because if you crossed him, he went to great lengths to make sure that before you died, puss leaked from your head.
Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.
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Probably from pūse, pūskatte or Dutch poes (puss, cat”, also slang for “vulva), ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة (bissa)).