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Definition of kitten noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kitten

noun
 
/ˈkɪtn/
 
/ˈkɪtn/
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  1. a young catTopics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKitten is used after these nouns:
    • sex
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  2. the young of several other animals, such as rabbits and beavers
    3. Word Originlate Middle English kitoun, ketoun, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chitoun, diminutive of chat ‘cat’.
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have kittens
  1. (British English, informal) to be very anxious, angry or upset about something
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