kitty🔊

(informal)

(kitten) A young cat; a kitten.

(by extension) An adult cat; also (childish), ''sometimes in the form'' Kitty: {{non-gloss|a pet name for a cat of any age.}}

(pussy)(slang) (t=vulva and/or vagina).

(bowls) (t=a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls).

(card games)(slang)

A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.

(t=a quantity of money available to be won in a round or a game).

(t=an additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder).

(slang) A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.

(dialectal) ''In full'' kitty-wren: (nocap=1) (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (''Troglodytes troglodytes'')”).

(archaic) (kittiwake) (“either of two small gulls in the genus ''Rissa'' of the family Laridae; specifically (''Ireland, UK''), the black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'')”).