KITTY


Meaning of KITTY in English

kit ‧ ty /ˈkɪti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural kitties ) [countable]

[ Sense 1-2: Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: kit ]

[ Sense 3: Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: kitten ]

1 . [usually singular] the money that people have collected for a particular purpose:

How much money is there left in the kitty?

2 . [usually singular] the money that the winner of a game of cards receives

3 . a word for a cat, used especially by children

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.