Canadian English Meaning of tabby

Tabby

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Definitions and Meaning of tabby in English

Wordnet

tabby (n)

a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

female cat

Wordnet

tabby (s)

having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Webster

tabby (n.)

A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.

A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.

An old maid or gossip.

Webster

tabby (a.)

Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

Webster

tabby (v. t.)

To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.

FAQs About the word tabby

Tabby

a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black, female cat, having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterne

striped,Banded,barred,Corded,streaked

No antonyms found.

tabbouleh => tabbouleh, tabbinet => Tabbinet, tabbies => Tabbies, tabbied => tabby, tabasheer => Tabasheer,