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Synonyms for puss

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poo s
Phonetic Transcription : pÊŠs

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Définition of puss

Origin :
  • "cat," 1520s, but probably much older than the record, perhaps imitative of the hissing sound commonly used to get a cat's attention. A conventional name for a cat in Germanic languages and as far off as Afghanistan; it is the root of the principal word for "cat" in Rumanian (pisica) and secondary words in Lithuanian (puz), Low German (puus), Swedish dialect katte-pus, etc. Applied to a girl or woman from c.1600, originally in a negative sense, implying unpleasant cat-like qualities; but by mid-19c. in affectionate use.
  • noun face
Example sentences :
  • Why couldn't he ask me how I felt or pull my ear and say "Hello, Puss?"
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Here is a recipe for very nice Graham bread for Puss Hunter.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • I wish Puss Hunter, if she tries it, would tell me if she has success.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • Puss no sooner perceived this, but he fell upon him, and ate him up.
  • Extract from : « The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault » by Charles Perrault
  • Puss had no sooner been liberated than she bounded out at the open door.
  • Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
  • There, near a bubbling spring, Puss had hidden since daybreak.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • But, ultimately, they were baffled, and Puss made good her escape.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • He was not a common cat, but, as we afterward discovered, a Russian puss.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • I have been tormented all this morning by puss, who has had four or five fits.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • The dog was slipped, and they perceived at once that puss was at a disadvantage.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

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