KITTY
What does "KITTY" mean?
An affectionate or childish name for a cat or kitten.
Meanings
- A pet name for a cat, especially a young one. The kitty curled up on the windowsill in the sun. informal
- A pool of money collected from several people for shared use or as a stake. Everyone threw a few dollars into the kitty for the office party. informal
- In card games, the pile of chips or cards set aside as a pot or reserve. The winning hand took the whole kitty.
Word origin
As 'cat', from a pet form of 'kit' (short for 'kitten'); the gambling sense may come from 'kit' as a collection of pooled stakes, or be a separate development.
Remember it
KITTY has two T's curled up together like two kittens in a basket.
A little poem
Coins pool in the jar-
across the room a small cat
answers the same name.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the office collection jar like a small cat? Everybody feeds the kitty, and somehow it's never quite full.
What it teaches
One small word can hold both what you love and what you pool together - and both grow only when fed.
Quick facts
What does KITTY mean?
An affectionate or childish name for a cat or kitten.
Is KITTY a valid word?
Yes — KITTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is KITTY?
KITTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does KITTY come from?
As 'cat', from a pet form of 'kit' (short for 'kitten'); the gambling sense may come from 'kit' as a collection of pooled stakes, or be a separate development.
What can KITTY teach us?
One small word can hold both what you love and what you pool together - and both grow only when fed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.