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tabby
1[ tab-ee ]
noun
- a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- a domestic cat, especially a female one.
- a spinster.
- a spiteful female gossip or tattler.
- a watered silk fabric, or any other watered material, as moreen.
adjective
- striped or brindled.
- made of or resembling tabby.
verb (used with object)
- to give a wavy or watered appearance to, as silk.
tabby
2[ tab-ee ]
noun
- (in the southeastern United States) a building material composed of ground oyster shells, lime, and sand, mixed with salt water.
tabby
1/ ˈæɪ /
noun
- a fabric with a watered pattern, esp silk or taffeta
tabby
2/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
- (esp of cats) brindled with dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background
- having a wavy or striped pattern, particularly in colours of grey and brown
noun
- a tabby cat
- any female domestic cat
- informal.a gossiping old woman
- slang.any girl or woman
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tabby1
Origin of tabby2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tabby1
Origin of tabby2
Example Sentences
In another room, a 14-year-old tabby cat named Milo, dropped off by his owner on Jan. 7, poked his paw through his crate, wanting pets from Gaby Solingen, a volunteer.
Her mother filled out the Virginia shelter's online application for a supposedly bonded pair: a 1 1/2-year-old gray tabby and 2 1/2-year-old calico.
Outside, a bowl of milk sat in the center of the market square, attracting a thirsty tabby.
I foster cats and I’m actually fostering two sister tabbies right now — Lucy and Ethel — and the CatCafe Lounge has taken probably 12 of the cats I’ve fostered and gotten them adopted.
It’s not the first time California residents have mistaken a tame tabby for a ferocious wildcat.
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