kitten
A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
Other meanings
A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.
A moth of the genus Furcula.
A kind of
- young mammal
Related words
- bobkitten
- kittenball
- kittendom
- kittenhood
- kittenless
- kittenlike
- kittenness
- kittenship
- kitteny
- squitten
- werekitten
- have kittens
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "kitoun".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “kitten” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.