Kitty

Definition: Kitty

Kitty

Noun

1. The combined stakes of the betters.

2. The cumulative stake in a game (such as poker).

3. Young domestic cat.

4. Informal terms.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Kitty" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "far away".

Date "kitty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonyms: Kitty

Crosswords: Kitty

I don't know about you, Miss Kitty, but I feel so much yummier (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

Mini-me, we do not gnaw on the kitty. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Sit grandma, bad grandma, don't eat the kitty! (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera)

The pointy kitty took it. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

With your kitty in the middle of the swing ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Oh, where's my kitty cat, where's my kitty cat (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Some kitty purr I call em sir too (Hip-Hop Hooray; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Cuz I plan to be a cool kitty (Round and Round ["Soul Mix Edit"]; performing artist: Tevin Campbell)

If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty liter? (references; author: unknown)

Kitty from the City (1971)

The Party at Kitty and Stud's (1970)

Witty Kitty (1959)

Kitty Foyle (1958)

A Kiddies Kitty (1955)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Kitty Hawk, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Garfield Feeds the Kitty (reference)

• Hello Kitty Hello Family! (reference)

• Hello Kitty Hello Friends! (reference)

• Hello Kitty, Hello Everything: 25 Years of Fun (reference)

• I Want To Be The Kitty (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Hello Kitty's Paradise - Pretty Kitty (Vol. 1) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• The Kitty Kallen Story (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• #30 Hello Kitty Portable Stereo with CD Player and Cassette #HK26 (reference)

• Hello Kitty Creativity Center Ages 3-8 (reference)

• Hello Kitty Cube Frenzy (reference)

• Hello Kitty Portable Stereo with CD Player and Cassette #HK26 (reference)

• Hello Kitty Cutie World (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Hello Kitty Babies 3 Piece Gift Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Kitty Hawk" Nears Splashdown. Credit: NASA.

Kitty Joyner - Electrical Engineer. Credit: NASA.

The fishing pier at Kitty Hawk. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The fishing pier at Kitty Hawk. Credit: Fisheries.

Looking through the pilings of the fishing pier at Kitty Hawk. Credit: Fisheries.

Underway at sea, 16 November 1965. Photographed by PH3 G.S. Brown, of USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63). Credit: NAVY.

Fires a "Terrier" guided-missile on 18 November 1961, during weapons demonstrations for the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson. Photographed from on board USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63). Planes preparing for launch on the carrier's flight deck are a F8U "Crusader" jet fighter, at left, and an AD-6 "Skyraider" attack plane (Bureau # 137588), in the lower center. Credit: NAVY.

Kitty Bransfield. Credit: Library of Congress.

You must come, Kitty, they're the loveliest fellows, one has a twin six, and the other has credit at the Waldorf, and the third gets passes for all the theatres. Credit: Library of Congress.

That night I sat on the dunes with Kitty and watched the moon rise. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Kitty, a fair but frozen maid

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "kitty": Kitty Hawk ♦ kitty Litter. Additional references.

Beginning with "kitty": kitty-cat, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, kitty-kitty-kitty.

Ending with "kitty": kitty-kitty-kitty.

Albanian

kotele (kitten), shumë e vënë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مبلغ من المال (lump sum, penny, sum), ‏هرة (poon, puss, she-cat), ‏قطة صغيرة (pussycat), ‏صندوق مشترك (pool), ‏صندوق (ark, bin, box, case, chest, container, crate, fund, hutch, locker, rack, receiver, till). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спестявания (savings), общ фонд, затвор (bastille, bondage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, confinement, duress, gaol, hold, jail, jug, limbo, lock, lockup, mew, pen, penitentiary, pokey, pound, prison, prison house, quod, shop, shut off, shutter, shuttle, stockade, stopper), банка (bank), писенце, писе. (various references)

Chinese 

貓咪 , 全部赌注. (various references)

Czech

spoleèná kasa, micinka, bank (jackpot, stake). (various references)

Farsi 

پیشی (Antecedent, Puss), زن سبک وجلف , دخترجوان (Gill, Pigeon), بچه گربه (Kit, Kitten). (various references)

French

minou, minet (kitten), caisse, cagnotte. (various references)

German

kätzchen (catkin, catkins, kitten, kittens). (various references)

Greek 

κοινό ταμείο (pool), γατάκι (kit, kitten), γατούλα (puss), βιδάνιο, ποτ, ψιψίνα (puss). (various references)

Hebrew 

קופה משותפת (pool), חתלתול (kitten). (various references)

Hungarian

katinka, katica, cica (kit, kitten, puss, pussycat). (various references)

Italian

gattino (catkin, kitten), fondo comune (mutual fund, pension fund). (various references)

Manx

carnane (cairn, carn, dump, heap, hutch, mound, rampart). (various references)

Pig Latin

ittykay.(various references)

Portuguese

gatinho (catkin, catling, kitten, pussycat). (various references)

Romanian

mizã (pool, punt, stake), bancã (bank, bench, box, desk, dock, form, seat). (various references)

Russian 

котенок (kit, kitten). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mače (kitten). (various references)

Spanish

puesta (putting, setting, stake), gatito (Catling, kitten, mog, moggy), colecta (collect, collection, purse, quest), bote (boat, bounce, bound, can, canister, dinghy, jackpot, launch, pot, thrust, tin). (various references)

Swedish

kissemiss, kattunge (kitten), pott (jackpot, pot), insats (achievement, contribution, deposit, input, insertion, punt, stake, stake in a game, venture), gemensam kassa. (various references)

Thai

แมว (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references)

Turkish

kedicik (pussycat), pot (atrocity, bloomer, blunder, Boner, break, clanger, contretemps, crease, faux pas, gaff, jackpot, pool, pot, stake), pisi (cat, puss), ortaya konan para (pool, pot, stake). (various references)

Ukrainian

кошеня (chit, kitten). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhuây khót vốn chung. (various references)

Misspellings

"Kitty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gitty, Itti, jitti, katt, kat-ta, katti, kattie, Kett, Ketti, Kettly, ketty, Ketut, Kidsty, kift, kilty, Kisty, kitchy, kiti, kitie, kititit, Kitte, kittic, kittie, Kittim, kitto, Kittu, kittys, kitu, kity, Kotto, kotty, sitty, Sketty, skity, Vitty, zitty. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: kit.

-3 letters: it, ti.

+3 letters: knottily, skittery, staticky, thickety.

+4 letters: buttinsky, puttylike, trinketry.

+5 letters: skittishly, skywritten.