kitten Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun young domestic cat
    kitty.
  2. verb have kittens
    • our cat kittened again this year

WordNet

Kit"ten noun
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.
Definitions
  1. A young cat.
Kit"ten transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Kittened ; present participle & verbal noun Kittening
Definitions
  1. To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. Shak. H. Spencer.

Webster 1913