KITTY DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
kitty n 1: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: pool, kitty] 2: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) [syn: pot, jackpot, kitty] 3: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] 4: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat] kitty 1719, variant of kitten, perhaps infl. by kitty "girl, young woman" (c.1500), originally a pet form of Catherine. The sense of "pool of money in a card game" first recorded 1887, probably from kit, in a sense of "collection of necessary supplies" (1833; see kit (1)); but perhaps rather from northern slang kitty "prison, jail, lock-up" (1825), of uncertain origin. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) kitty I. noun (plural kitties) Date: 1719 cat 1a; especially kitten II. noun (plural kitties) Etymology: 1kit Date: circa 1887 1. a fund in a poker game made up of contributions from each pot 2. a sum of money or collection of goods often made up of small contributions ; pool Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary kitty (kitties) 1. A kitty is an amount of money gathered from several people, which is meant to be spent on things that these people will share or use together. You haven't put any money in the kitty for three weeks. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. A kitty is the total amount of money which is bet in a gambling game, and which is taken by the winner or winners. Each month the total prize kitty is £13.5 million. N-COUNT: usu sing Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Kitty \Kit"ty\, n. 1. A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat. 2. [Etym. uncertain.] (Gaming) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table. --R. F. Foster. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) kitty ̈ɪˈkɪtɪ n. pot, pool, collection: Has he contributed anything to the kitty? Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "kitty": Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, Swiss bank account, alley cat, assets, balance, bank, bank account, blue cat, bottom dollar, budget, calico cat, cash reserves, cat, checking account, collection, command of money, exchequer, feline, finances, fund, funds, gib, gib-cat, grimalkin, house cat, jackpot, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty-cat, life savings, means, moneys, mouser, nest egg, pecuniary resources, pocket, pool, pot, purse, puss, pussy, pussycat, reserves, resources, savings, savings account, silver cat, stakes, substance, tabby, tabby cat, tiger, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, treasure, unregistered bank account, wherewithal |
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