puss¹ /pŭs/

1. A familiar name for a cat
2. (in hunting or coursing) a hare
3. A playfully pejorative name for a child or a girl
4. A puss-moth

pussˈy noun

1. A dimin of puss (also pussˈy-cat)
2. Anything soft and furry
3. A willow-catkin
4. The female pudenda (slang; this and other sexual senses perh a different word)
5. Sexual intercourse (slang)
6. A woman considered as a sexual object (derog sl)
7. A man considered as weak or ineffectual (derogatory slang)

pussˈ-gentleman noun (obsolete)

A dandy

puss in the corner noun

A children's game in which the places are continually being changed, while the player who is out tries to secure one of the places while it is empty

pussˈ-moth noun

A thick-bodied hairy notodontid moth (Dicranura, or Cerura, vinula) whose caterpillar feeds on willow or poplar leaves

pussˈyfoot noun

A prohibitionist (from Pussyfoot, nickname of William E Johnson (1862–1945), US revenue officer noted for his stealthy ways and his prohibitionist campaigns)

intransitive verb

1. To go stealthily
2. To act timidly, cautiously or non-committally

pussˈyfooter noun

pussˈy-whipped adjective (vulgar sl)

Bullied, henpecked

pussy willow noun

A common American willow, Salix discolor or other species with silky spring catkins

puss² /pŭs/

• hesperidia
• hesperidium
• hesperidiums
• hesperids
• Hesperiidae
• Hesperis
• Hesperus
• Hessian
• Hessian boot
• Hessian fly
• Hessians
• hessonite
• hessonites
• hest
• hesternal
• hests
• Hesvan
• Hesychasm
• Hesychast
• Hesychastic
• het
• hetaera
• hetaerae
• hetaeras
• hetaerism