What does kitten mean?

Definitions for kitten
ˈkɪt nkit·ten

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kitten, kittyverb

    young domestic cat

  2. kittenverb

    have kittens

    "our cat kittened again this year"

Wiktionary

  1. kittennoun

    A young cat. Diminutive: kitty.

  2. kittennoun

    A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.

  3. kittenverb

    To give birth to kittens.

  4. Etymology: From kiton, kitoun, kyton, diminutive of cat. First element probably from kiteling, from ketlingr. Compare kitten. More at kitling, cat, -en.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Kittennoun

    A young cat.

    Etymology: katteken, Dutch.

    That a mare will sooner drown than an horse is not experienced, nor is the same observed in the drowning of whelps and kittens. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Err.

    It was scratched in playing with a kitten. Richard Wiseman.

    Helen was just slipt into bed;
    Her eyebrows on the toilet lay,
    Away the kitten with them fled,
    As fees belonging to her prey. Matthew Prior.

  2. To Kittenverb

    To bring forth young cats.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    So it would have done
    At the same season, if your mother’s cat
    Had kitten’d, though yourself had ne’er been born. William Shakespeare.

    The eagle timbered upon the top of a high oak, and the cat kittened in the hollow trunk of it. Roger L'Estrange.

Wikipedia

  1. Kitten

    A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens display primary altriciality and are totally dependent on their mothers for survival. They normally do not open their eyes for seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens develop quickly and begin to explore the world outside their nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow baby teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.

ChatGPT

  1. kitten

    A kitten is a young domestic cat under the age of approximately one year. It is often characterized by its small size, playful behavior and high energy levels. Kittens are typically curious and eager to explore their surroundings, and they require proper care and socialization for healthy growth and development.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kittennoun

    a young cat

  2. Kitten

    to bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens

  3. Etymology: [OE. kiton, a dim. of cat; cf. G. kitze a young cat, also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling. See Cat.]

Wikidata

  1. Kitten

    A kitten or kitty is a juvenile domesticated cat. A feline litter usually consists of two to five kittens. To survive, kittens need the care of their mother for the first several weeks of their life. Kittens are highly social animals and spend most of their waking hours playing and interacting with available companions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Kitten

    kit′n, n. a young cat.—v.i. to bring forth young cats.—n. (Scot.) Kit′ling.—adj. Kitt′enish, frolicsome.—v.i. Kitt′le (Scot.), to bring forth kittens. [M. E. kitoun, dim. of cat.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KITTEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kitten is ranked #59742 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Kitten surname appeared 338 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kitten.

    95.5% or 323 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitten in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of kitten in a Sentence

  1. Andreas Simic:

    If I was a kitten Maybe I wouldn’t be so smitten It’s as though I’ve been bitten From the poem Smitten

  2. Patsy Murphy:

    We immediately contacted the owner to begin working on returning her the kitten.

  3. Marjorie Holmes:

    What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.

  4. Luke Sherry:

    C,mere connor kitten

  5. Doug Larson:

    A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

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