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countable and uncountable, plural pusses
(informal, often as a term of address) A cat. examples
(dated, endearing) A girl or young woman, or any child. examples
(dated, hunting) A hare. quotations examples
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."
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
'It won't kill Puss any better for that.' 'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77
(vulgar, slang) The vulva (female genitalia).
(uncountable, vulgar, slang, metonymically) Sex with a woman. quotations
So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of puss?
1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)
(vulgar, slang, chiefly Canada, US) A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themself.
plural pusses
(slang) The mouth. quotations
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.
1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 21, page 62
(slang) The face.
uncountable
Alternative spelling of pus quotations examples
It didn't move as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes.
2010 Alien Purgatory page 40
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.
2012 Southern Supposition page 132
Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.
2016 When Crickets Cry page 267