transitive. To utter or express by purring; to say in a low, soft voice.

transitive and absol. To kitten, kittle.

Of a cat: To bring forth kittens; also of some other animals: To bring forth young, to litter. (intransitive and transitive).

transferred. transitive and intransitive. To manipulate or paw repetitively with or as with the action of (the claws of) a cat.