as in cat
a small domestic animal known for catching mice oh, look at the cute little pussycat, kids

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Recent Examples of pussycat That pussycat outfit was originally made for Chinese New Year celebration for the Year of the Rabbit, and it was supposed to be finished in January. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024 Compared to the truly hateful male drivers that scream at her on the road all day, however, the dude is a pussycat. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024 And there was never a bigger pussycat. Vulture, 22 June 2022 The book’s events—which track the elderly, prosperous, stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s psychic transformation from grouchy bear to purring pussycat—unfold in the course of one night. Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for pussycat 
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Noun
  • Feifei brought her cat, Sticky Rice, to the exhibition.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Retail and Wholesale Products Group saw a 10% increase in net sales to $79.5 million, largely due to new crystal cat litter products and stronger demand for co-packaged cat litter.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The big guy in the red suit can probably be found at your local shopping mall. Visit kittens.
    Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
  • We're obsessed with suede this season, and these knee-high kitten boots are the perfect pick to wear all through winter.
    Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Escape a sun that’s going supernova, challenge a monkey to a dance battle, try out some cool hoverboard tricks, fight an evil kitty and ride everything from gravity bikes to a sandshark.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Place candles where curious kitties and dogs can’t knock them over and suffer burns.
    Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Pussycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pussycat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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