From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpusspuss /pʊs/ noun British English spoken DHPused to talk to or call a cat SYN kitty American English Come here, puss, puss, puss!
Examples from the Corpus
puss• He wasn't a cuddly, picture-book puss.• Jack, the radical by Owosso standards, is a domestic puss.• Purrfect choice, eh, pampered puss?Origin puss (1500-1600) Probably from Middle Low German pus 