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{{also|pus}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|cat, woman, vulva; mouth, face}}<!--but presumably not the sense "pus" which rhymes with cuss, fuss!--> {{enPR|po͝os}}, {{IPA|en|/pʊs/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-puss.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʊs|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Probably from {{der|en|gml|pūs}}, {{m|gml|pūskatte}} or {{der|en|nl|poes||puss, cat”, slang for “vulva}}, ultimately from a common {{der|en|gem}} word for cat, perhaps ultimately {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic [[بسة]] (bissa)).

Akin to {{cog|fy|poes}}, {{cog|nds|Puus}}, {{m|nds|Puuskatte}}, {{cog|da|pus}}, dialectal {{cog|sv|kattepus}}, {{cog|no|pus}}.

Found also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare {{cog|ro|pisică}}, {{cog|fa|پیشی|tr=''piši''}}, {{cog|ta|பூசை}}, {{cog|tl|pusa}}
and {{cog|sc|pisittu}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|informal|often as a term of address}} A [[cat]].
#: {{ux|en|Our local theatre is showing '''''Puss''' in Boots''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Come here, '''puss'''! I've got some milk for you.}}
# {{lb|en|dated|affectionate}} A [[girl]] or young [[woman]], or any [[child]].
# {{lb|en|dated|hunting}} A [[hare]].
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|volume=II|book=V|chapter=In which is seen a more moving Spectacle, than all the Blood in the Bodies of ''Thwackum'' and ''Blifil'' and of Twenty other such, is capable of producing|page=220|passage=He then began to beat about, in the ſame Language, and in the ſame Manner, as if he had been beating for a Hare, and at laſt cried out, 'Soho! '''Puſs''' is not far off. Here's her Form, upon my Soul; I believe I may cry ''ſtole away''.'}}
#* {{RQ:Asbjornsen Braekstad Tales|chapter=A Day with the Capercailzies|page=77|passage='{{...|nospace=1}} It won't kill '''Puss''' any better for that.' / "'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.}}
# {{lb|en|vulgar|slang}} The [[vulva]] (female [[genitalia]]).
# {{lb|en|uncountable|vulgar|slang|metonymic}} [[sex|Sex]] with a woman.
#* {{quote-av|en|year=1986|writers=Tim Kazurinsky; Denise DeClue|title={{w|About Last Night (1986 film)|About Last Night}}|role=Bernie|actor=Jim Belushi|passage=So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of '''puss'''?}}
# {{lb|en|vulgar|slang|chiefly|_|North America}} A [[coward]]; a [[wuss]]; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|cat}} {{l|en|moggie}}/[[moggy]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|glamourpuss|puss moth|puss caterpillar|puss in a bag|puss in the corner|puss-gentleman|puss-puss|sea puss|sea-puss|sour puss|puss out}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|pussy}}

===Etymology 2===
Of {{der|en|cel|-}} origin, from or akin to {{der|en|ga|pus||mouth, lip}}, from {{der|en|mga|bus|}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[mouth]].
#: {{ux|en|Shut your '''puss''' before I shut it for you.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1991|journal=New York Magazine|volume=24|issue=21|page=62
|passage=Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine '''puss'''.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[face]].
#: {{ux|en|She gave him a slap in the '''puss'''.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|mouth}} {{l|en|cakehole}}, {{l|en|gob}}, {{l|en|mush}}, {{l|en|trap}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|sourpuss}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{alternative spelling of|en|pus}}
#* '''2010''' Alien Purgatory [https://books.google.ca/books?id=vpRdxWcpKeMC&pg=PA40 page 40]
#*: It didn't move as much, and the same teary '''puss''' leaked from its eyes.
#* '''2012''' Southern Supposition [https://books.google.ca/books?id=3Vft41-fWEsC&pg=PA132 page 132]
#*: People called him '''Puss''' Head because if you crossed him, he went to great lengths to make sure that before you died, '''puss''' leaked from your head.
#* '''2016''' When Crickets Cry [https://books.google.ca/books?id=8xt3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT267 page 267]
#*: '''Puss''' leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.

===References===
* {{R:OED}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=pssu|PSUs|USPS|USPs|sups|susp}}

{{C|en|Cats|Genitalia|Hares|People|Sex}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/pʉs/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{m|nb|pusse||to clean, polish, plaster, render}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# [[polish]], [[finery]]
# (a layer of) [[plaster]] (mortar), [[plastering]]
# [[finery]]

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}
From {{der|nb|la|pus}}.

====Noun====
{{head|nb|noun|g=m|g2=n|definite singular|pussen|or|pusset}}

# {{lb|nb|pathology}} [[pus]] {{q|yellowish fluid from infected tissue}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{bor|nn|gml|putze}}, {{m|gml|pusse}}, {{m|gml|posse}}. Ultimately from {{der|nn|gem-pro|*bautaną|t=to hit}}, likely in part through {{der|nn|fro|boce|t=bump}}. Compare {{cog|de|Posse}}, {{cog|nl|poets}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-n1}}

# [[trick]], [[prank]]

====References====
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===
From {{m|nn|pusse||to clean, polish, plaster, render}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# [[polish]], [[finery]]
# (a layer of) [[plaster]] (mortar), [[plastering]]
# [[finery]]

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|lang=nn}}
From {{der|nn|la|pus}}.

====Noun====
{{head|nn|noun|g=m|g2=n|definite singular|pussen|or|pusset}}

# {{lb|nn|pathology}} [[pus]] {{q|yellowish fluid from infected tissue}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{bor|nn|gml|putze}}, {{m|gml|pusse}}, {{m|gml|posse}}. Ultimately from {{der|nn|gem-pro|*bautaną|t=to hit}}, likely in part through {{der|nn|fro|boce|t=bump}}. Compare {{cog|de|Posse}}, {{cog|nl|poets}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# [[trick]], [[prank]]

====References====
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Swedish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/pɵs/}}
* {{audio|sv|Sv-en puss.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
Disputed origin. Likely {{onomatopoeic|sv|nocap=1}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# [[peck|Peck]]; a light or dispassionate [[kiss]] performed with closed lips, used for example as a greeting or in non-sensual/non-sexual contexts.

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|sv|pussa}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|sv|kram}}
* {{l|sv|kyss}}
* {{l|sv|pözz}}

===Etymology 2===
{{doublet|sv|pussig|pusta|påse|pösa|pysa}}. One theory is that it was borrowed from {{der|sv|de|Pfütze}}.

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|c}}

# A [[puddle]], a [[plash]].

=====Declension=====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|sv|vattenpuss}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:svenska.se}}
* {{R:runeberg.org|svetym|0698.html puss}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=pssu|sups}}

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