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kitty

1

[ kit-ee ]

noun

plural kitties.
  1. a kitten.
  2. a pet name for a cat.


kitty

2

[ kit-ee ]

noun

plural kitties.
  1. a pool or reserve of money, often collected from a number of persons or sources and designated for a particular purpose specified by the contributors.
  2. Cards.
    1. a pool into which players in a game put a certain amount of their winnings for some special purpose, as to pay for refreshments.
    2. the pot, or a special pot, for the collection of forfeits or payments for certain high hands.

Kitty

3

[ kit-ee ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.

kitty

1

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a diminutive or affectionate name for a kitten cat 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kitty

2

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. the pool of bets in certain gambling games
  2. any shared fund of money, etc
  3. (in bowls) the jack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of kitty1

First recorded in 1710–20; kitt(en) + -y 2

Origin of kitty2

First recorded in 1815–25; kit 1 + -y 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of kitty1

C18: see kit ³

Origin of kitty2

C19: see kit 1
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Could be lack of sleep from spending many midnight hours glued to weather apps while under a tornado watch, or worrying over my not-as-feral-as-she-used-to-be kitty who refuses to come inside during a storm.

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Using contraband cellphones from his prison cell, Torres oversaw a black market for extorted commissary goods called the “kitty.”

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There have been so many donations of pet food, leashes, toys, crates, kitty litter and other supplies that Pasadena Humane had to borrow warehouse space to store it all, McManus said.

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Thus, the slight that almost became my Joker origin story instead ignited a kitty heist.

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He joked to the crowd that Trump's widely shared remark that immigrants were “eating the cats” was “the second time grabbing a kitty has been part of a campaign issue.”

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