as in cat
a small domestic animal known for catching mice oh, look at the cute little pussycat, kids

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Recent Examples of pussycat That pussycat outfit was originally made for Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Rabbit, and it was supposed to be finished in January. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024 Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024 And there was never a bigger pussycat. Vulture, 22 June 2022 The book’s events—which track the elderly, prosperous, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s psychic transformation from grouchy bear to purring pussycat—unfold in the course of one night. Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pussycat
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Noun
  • While dog and cat adoptions reached 4.2 million, this was a slight 0.4 percent increase from 2023 but still 5.6 percent lower than 2019.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Image Her necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings feature realistically wrought fauna — the fables’ foxes, monkeys, crows, cats and so on.
    Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Harrowing Sewer Rescue Despite already saving the mother and two kittens, the original poster couldn't leave the third kitten behind.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stopping a successful flu vaccination campaign that juxtaposed images of wild animals, such as a lion, with cute counterparts, like a kitten, as an analogy for how immunization can help tame the flu.
    Will Stone, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There are eight different Nano-mals ranging from kitties to unicorns to narwhals.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 1 Mar. 2025
  • For the upstairs space, Purrfect's felines will all be adoptable kitties from local shelters who will very much be in need of some human attention.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Pussycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pussycat. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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