英语词汇“puss-moth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

puss¹ /pŭs/

noun

A familiar name for a cat

(in hunting or coursing) a hare

A playfully pejorative name for a child or a girl

A puss-moth

ORIGIN: Cf Du poes puss; Ir and Gaelic pus a cat

pussˈy noun

A dimin of puss (also pussˈy-cat)

Anything soft and furry

A willow-catkin

The female pudenda (slang; this and other sexual senses perh a different word)

Sexual intercourse (slang)

A woman considered as a sexual object (derog sl)

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

To go stealthily
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

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