kitten
noun /ˈkɪtn/
/ˈkɪtn/
Idioms - a young catTopics Animalsb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryKitten is used after these nouns:
- sex
- the young of several other animals, such as rabbits and beavers
Word Originlate Middle English kitoun, ketoun, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chitoun, diminutive of chat ‘cat’.
Idioms
have kittens
- (British English, informal) to be very anxious, angry or upset about something