kitten

Definition:
1. A young cat.
2. Young domestic cat.

Use 'kitten' in a sentence:

• 1. I've got a wee kitten in the flat.
• 2. A kitten suddenly came lying through the air, and landed right in front of her.
• 3. I want a real kitten hanging from a real tree.
• 4. I picked up the shaking kitten.
• 5. In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing?
• 6. The kittens mewed when they were hungry.
• 7. The kittens are out looking for food.
• 8. He then thought if he went just a little bit further, the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten.
• 9. The horse is as gentle as a kitten.
• 10. My kitten won't stop talking.
• 11. He asked people he met if they'd seen a little kitten.
• 12. We got back, the cat was lying on the floor peacefully looking up at us, and had given birth to kittens.
• 13. By the way, can I have one of the kittens?
• 14. The kitten mewed pitifully.
• 15. The kitten really wanted that feeding bottle.
• 16. She nursed her kitten all evening.
• 17. One participant detailed5 dreaming about a vegetarian6 crocodile who was distressed7 about not being able to eat children, while another dreamed of soldiers who fought with kittens instead of guns.
• 18. Where does he get off calling me a kitten?
• 19. Set a regular time and place feeding your kitten.
• 20. He could then reach up and get the kitten.
• 21. It also indicates a bonding mechanism between kitten and mother.
• 22. Kitten found the mittens.
• 23. But he didn't see a kitten.
• 24. This kitten is behind the shelves.
• 25. I want the small kitten with the orange stripes.
• 26. The plump ginger kitten had settled comfortably in her arms and was purring enthusiastically.
• 27. As the kitten touches it, it tilts at the floor.
• 28. The kitten was sleeping curled up on the sofa.
• 29. The kitten was curled on a cushion on the sofa.
• 30. The kitten plays with its tail.
• 31. After the experiment, they categorized each kitten by the attachment3 styles assigned to human babies and dogs in previous studies — secure, ambivalent4, avoidant, and disorganized.
• 32. You don't want your kitten to pounce on your hands?
• 33. The study, published in Current Biology, examined how kitten subjects reacted after spending two minutes with their caretaker, being left alone, then reuniting for another two minutes.
• 34. The kitten had settled comfortably in her arms and was purring enthusiastically.
• 35. My kitten never says, "Meow."
• 36. Oregon State University researchers concluded that cats really do actually love their humans — or at the very least, see them as parents or caregivers — after conducting a study on kittens, modeled after previous research on dogs and babies.
• 37. Oh, since I was a kitten!
• 38. A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down.
• 39. Kittens could give you a life-threatening disease with just a scratch, the CDC warns.
• 40. More precisely, the creature was a KITTEN!
• 41. Thus: Kittens and cats show the same level of affection to their caregivers as human babies, and maybe even slightly more than dogs.
• 42. The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck.
• 43. Yes, Dolly, as gentle as a kitten; you can pat him.
• 44. The kitten was ensconced in an easy chair.
• 45. Karen and a new kitten back in the 70's.