A specially cherished or beloved girl or woman, a sweetheart. Frequently as a term of endearment. In later use also as a term of contempt. Now archaic…

Chiefly colloquial. A girl or woman exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat, esp. sweetness or amiability. Frequently used as a pet name…

As a familiar or endearing form of address; used chiefly in addressing a daughter, wife, or sweetheart. Now only dialect or archaic.

A small or diminutive lady. Sometimes used as a term of endearment. Cf. ladyling, n.

As a term of endearment, esp. to a girl or woman: darling, sweetheart. Also: a mistress, a kept woman. Obsolete.

A woman, a girl; a female acquaintance; a girlfriend. Also popsy-wopsy.

As a term of endearment to a woman or girl: sweetheart, darling. Usually in the vocative.

figurative. Applied to a young girl, with implication of playfulness or skittishness. In extended use: a girl-friend; a young woman; often as a…

Also tootsie, tootsey-wootsey, tootsey-wootsey. A woman, a girl; a sweetheart; occasionally applied to a male lover. Frequently as a familiar form…

A woman, a girl; frequently used as a familiar form of address, esp. to a female.

As an affectionate form of address (to a female): sweetheart, dear; (also) one's sweetheart, darling.

In Korean-speaking contexts: a boy’s or man’s elder sister. Also as a respectful form of address or term of endearment, and in extended use with…

As a form of address.

As a form of address to a female: my dear, my child.

In Korean-speaking contexts: a girl’s or woman’s elder sister. Also as a respectful form of address or term of endearment, and in extended use with…