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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

1. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a fund of money for communal use. 2 the pool in some card-games. 3 the jack in bowls. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. (pl. -ies) a pet-name or a child's name for a kitten or cat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Moby Thesaurus

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