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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 51Թ Forms
- 쾱t· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kitten1
Idioms and Phrases
see have a fit (kittens) ; weak as a kitten .Example Sentences
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.
Under her ownership, Steve’s Pets sold puppies, kittens, rabbits, rodents, birds, fish — even goats and small pigs.
Using trail cameras and local security cameras, fish and wildlife officials monitored the kittens before capturing them to determine if they were orphaned.
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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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