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kitten
[ kit-n ]
noun
- a young cat.
verb (used with or without object)
- (of cats) to give birth; bear.
kitten
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a young cat
- have kittens or have a canary informal.to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc US equivalenthave a cow
she had kittens when she got the bill
verb
- (of cats) to give birth to (young)
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱ٳٱ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 쾱t· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of kitten1
Idioms and Phrases
see have a fit (kittens) ; weak as a kitten .Example Sentences
She said she could not see Martha "one last time" as the vet advised against it owing to the severity of the kitten's head injuries.
He rubbed into me like a needy kitten with the force of a lion.
Seated along the sidewalk outside Cafe Tropical, the singer, dressed in dark-wash denim and kitten heels, orders a Diet Coke and a trio of the Cuban cafe’s signature pastelitos.
I'm a cat owner, and one of the things that I love about “Puppy Bowl” is the increasing intricacy of the Halftime Show featuring kittens.
This one’s a little one, it’s a little kitten heel, it doesn’t do much.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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