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.
