kitten
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- noun
- /ˈkɪtən/
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gatito
- We adopted a little kitten on Tuesday.
- cats and kittens
- crying kittens
- black kitten
The, the banner with the kitten and all that.
- The, the banner with the kitten and all that.
- Can this little kitten pull the ambassador car?
- But hey, all you cool cats and kittens, it's Carol Baskin from Big Cat Rescue.
- And I look and she's coming up my steps with a kitten in her mouth.
- I swear my brain has been like kitten, kittens only content.
Examples
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We adopted a little kitten on Tuesday.
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There is no justification for selling puppies or kittens in retail outlets.
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Have you ever seen a kitten eating chicken in a kitchen?
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We soon realized she had a nursing kitten, then two, then three.
Academic text (2003) -
Did you know these two regal kittens actually have names?
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So you'll see some more photos of cats and kittens and maybe some videos as well.
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Rachel and the dogs and kittens were asleep in the lookout cabin.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Kitty! Kitty!" A jet-black kitten scurried across the road just as a car came speeding by.
Fiction book (1992) -
There she gave birth to a kitten, which Coll threw into the Menai Straits.
Academic text (1999) -
One night, Harry came out to the shed where Eileen watched the kittens lapping their milk.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A very young cat not yet fully grown
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A small cat often kept as a pet
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A very small fluffy young animal like a kitten or puppy
A small female cat or kitten often kept as a pet
Compounds
- US
A small North American plant with fluffy spikes of tiny flowers like a kitten's tail
How Young
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kitten comes from an old word meaning a small cat and is simply a little form of cat, so think 'little cat' to remember it.