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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Pussy

/po͝osʹi/ · IPA /ˈpʊ.si/
01 n. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
  1. 1.
    A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
  2. 2.
    A catkin of the pussy willow.
  3. 3.
    The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat. Also: pussy cat
Phrases & compounds
Pussy willow — any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; -- called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.
02 a. See Pursy.
  1. 1.
    See Pursy.[Colloq. or Low] See: Pursy