See puss in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for puss meaning in English (11.1kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "glamourpuss"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss caterpillar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss-gentleman"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss in a bag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss in the corner"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puss-puss"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sea-puss"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sea puss"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sour puss"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gml",
"3": "pūs"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German pūs",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "pūskatte"
},
"expansion": "pūskatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "poes",
"4": "",
"5": "puss, cat”, slang for “vulva"
},
"expansion": "Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, slang for “vulva”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem"
},
"expansion": "Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "imitative"
},
"expansion": "imitative",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "poes"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian poes",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Puus"
},
"expansion": "Low German Puus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Puuskatte"
},
"expansion": "Puuskatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "pus"
},
"expansion": "Danish pus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "kattepus"
},
"expansion": "Swedish kattepus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "pus"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian pus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "pisică"
},
"expansion": "Romanian pisică",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "پیشی",
"tr": "piši"
},
"expansion": "Persian پیشی (piši)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "பூசை"
},
"expansion": "Tamil பூசை (pūcai)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "pusa"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog pusa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "pisittu"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian pisittu",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle Low German pūs, pūskatte or Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, slang for “vulva”), ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة (bissa)).\nAkin to West Frisian poes, Low German Puus, Puuskatte, Danish pus, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus.\nFound also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare Romanian pisică, Persian پیشی (piši), Tamil பூசை (pūcai), Tagalog pusa\nand Sardinian pisittu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pusses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "puss (countable and uncountable, plural pusses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pussy"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Come here, puss! I've got some milk for you.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A cat."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-YKUtEPXi",
"links": [
[
"cat",
"cat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, often as a term of address) A cat."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "cat",
"word": "moggie"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
"sense": "cat",
"word": "moggy"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"informal",
"often",
"term-of-address",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A girl or young woman, or any child."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-SSHNDLN9",
"links": [
[
"endearing",
"endearing"
],
[
"girl",
"girl"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"child",
"child"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, endearing) A girl or young woman, or any child."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"endearing",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Hunting",
"orig": "en:Hunting",
"parents": [
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "26 3 34 2 1 16 6 1 10",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cats",
"orig": "en:Cats",
"parents": [
"Felids",
"Carnivores",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 3 52 2 1 14 6 1 9",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Hares",
"orig": "en:Hares",
"parents": [
"Lagomorphs",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77",
"text": "'It won't kill Puss any better for that.' 'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A hare."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-ZYelLiP4",
"links": [
[
"hunting",
"hunting#Noun"
],
[
"hare",
"hare"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, hunting) A hare."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"hunting",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 2 4 32 17 9 14 4 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Genitalia",
"orig": "en:Genitalia",
"parents": [
"Body parts",
"Reproduction",
"Sex",
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Life",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Nature",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The vulva (female genitalia)."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-zYMCQS7z",
"links": [
[
"vulva",
"vulva"
],
[
"genitalia",
"genitalia"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, slang) The vulva (female genitalia)."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English metonyms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "4 1 5 23 51 6 6 1 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sex",
"orig": "en:Sex",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)",
"text": "So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of puss?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sex with a woman."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-MsP5PnY1",
"links": [
[
"Sex",
"sex"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, vulgar, slang, metonymically) Sex with a woman."
],
"tags": [
"metonymically",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "3 8 21 1 1 36 8 1 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 7 19 2 1 36 10 1 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 9 22 3 3 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 7 0 11 0 39 22 0 20",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-qM7x0ewe",
"links": [
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"coward",
"coward"
],
[
"wuss",
"wuss"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, slang, chiefly Canada, US) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sourpuss"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cel",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Celtic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ga",
"3": "pus",
"4": "",
"5": "mouth, lip"
},
"expansion": "Irish pus (“mouth, lip”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mga",
"3": "bus",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish bus",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Of Celtic origin, from or akin to Irish pus (“mouth, lip”), from Middle Irish bus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pusses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "puss (plural pusses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Shut your puss before I shut it for you."
},
{
"ref": "1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 21, page 62",
"text": "Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine puss.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The mouth."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-NwGr4~UY",
"links": [
[
"mouth",
"mouth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) The mouth."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "cakehole"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "gob"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "mush"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "trap"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave him a slap in the puss."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The face."
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-3r8EjV6D",
"links": [
[
"face",
"face"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) The face."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "puss (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "pus"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010 Alien Purgatory page 40",
"text": "It didn't move as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes."
},
{
"ref": "2012 Southern Supposition page 132",
"text": "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."
},
{
"ref": "2016 When Crickets Cry page 267",
"text": "Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of pus"
],
"id": "en-puss-en-noun-ZCixzEG8",
"links": [
[
"pus",
"pus#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English onomatopoeias",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Germanic languages",
"English terms derived from Middle Low German",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs/1 syllable",
"en:Cats",
"en:Genitalia",
"en:Hares",
"en:People",
"en:Sex"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "glamourpuss"
},
{
"word": "puss caterpillar"
},
{
"word": "puss-gentleman"
},
{
"word": "puss in a bag"
},
{
"word": "puss in the corner"
},
{
"word": "puss moth"
},
{
"word": "puss out"
},
{
"word": "puss-puss"
},
{
"word": "sea-puss"
},
{
"word": "sea puss"
},
{
"word": "sour puss"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gml",
"3": "pūs"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German pūs",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "pūskatte"
},
"expansion": "pūskatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "poes",
"4": "",
"5": "puss, cat”, slang for “vulva"
},
"expansion": "Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, slang for “vulva”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem"
},
"expansion": "Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "imitative"
},
"expansion": "imitative",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "poes"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian poes",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Puus"
},
"expansion": "Low German Puus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Puuskatte"
},
"expansion": "Puuskatte",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "pus"
},
"expansion": "Danish pus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "kattepus"
},
"expansion": "Swedish kattepus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "pus"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian pus",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "pisică"
},
"expansion": "Romanian pisică",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "پیشی",
"tr": "piši"
},
"expansion": "Persian پیشی (piši)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "பூசை"
},
"expansion": "Tamil பூசை (pūcai)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "pusa"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog pusa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "pisittu"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian pisittu",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle Low German pūs, pūskatte or Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, slang for “vulva”), ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة (bissa)).\nAkin to West Frisian poes, Low German Puus, Puuskatte, Danish pus, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus.\nFound also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare Romanian pisică, Persian پیشی (piši), Tamil பூசை (pūcai), Tagalog pusa\nand Sardinian pisittu.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pusses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "puss (countable and uncountable, plural pusses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "pussy"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Come here, puss! I've got some milk for you.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A cat."
],
"links": [
[
"cat",
"cat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, often as a term of address) A cat."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"informal",
"often",
"term-of-address",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English endearing terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A girl or young woman, or any child."
],
"links": [
[
"endearing",
"endearing"
],
[
"girl",
"girl"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
],
[
"child",
"child"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, endearing) A girl or young woman, or any child."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"endearing",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Hunting"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77",
"text": "'It won't kill Puss any better for that.' 'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A hare."
],
"links": [
[
"hunting",
"hunting#Noun"
],
[
"hare",
"hare"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, hunting) A hare."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"hunting",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English vulgarities"
],
"glosses": [
"The vulva (female genitalia)."
],
"links": [
[
"vulva",
"vulva"
],
[
"genitalia",
"genitalia"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, slang) The vulva (female genitalia)."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English metonyms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English vulgarities"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)",
"text": "So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of puss?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sex with a woman."
],
"links": [
[
"Sex",
"sex"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, vulgar, slang, metonymically) Sex with a woman."
],
"tags": [
"metonymically",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Canadian English",
"English slang",
"English vulgarities"
],
"glosses": [
"A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves."
],
"links": [
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"coward",
"coward"
],
[
"wuss",
"wuss"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, slang, chiefly Canada, US) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves."
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US",
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "cat",
"word": "moggie"
},
{
"sense": "cat",
"word": "moggy"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Celtic languages",
"English terms derived from Irish",
"English terms derived from Middle Irish",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs/1 syllable",
"en:Cats",
"en:Genitalia",
"en:Hares",
"en:People",
"en:Sex"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "sourpuss"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cel",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Celtic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ga",
"3": "pus",
"4": "",
"5": "mouth, lip"
},
"expansion": "Irish pus (“mouth, lip”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mga",
"3": "bus",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish bus",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Of Celtic origin, from or akin to Irish pus (“mouth, lip”), from Middle Irish bus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pusses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "puss (plural pusses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Shut your puss before I shut it for you."
},
{
"ref": "1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 21, page 62",
"text": "Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine puss.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The mouth."
],
"links": [
[
"mouth",
"mouth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) The mouth."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave him a slap in the puss."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The face."
],
"links": [
[
"face",
"face"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) The face."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "cakehole"
},
{
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "gob"
},
{
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "mush"
},
{
"sense": "mouth",
"word": "trap"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs",
"Rhymes:English/ʊs/1 syllable",
"en:Cats",
"en:Genitalia",
"en:Hares",
"en:People",
"en:Sex"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "puss (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "pus"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010 Alien Purgatory page 40",
"text": "It didn't move as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes."
},
{
"ref": "2012 Southern Supposition page 132",
"text": "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."
},
{
"ref": "2016 When Crickets Cry page 267",
"text": "Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of pus"
],
"links": [
[
"pus",
"pus#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pʊs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊs"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-puss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg/En-au-puss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/En-au-puss.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "po͝os"
}
],
"word": "puss"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.