Definition of tabby Tabby

/tæˈbi/ - [tabee] - tab•by

We found 18 definitions of tabby from 6 different sources.

What does tabby mean?

Noun Plural: tabbies
tabby - female cat
		queen
tabby - a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
		tabby cat

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tabby (Noun)
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
tabby (Noun)
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.
tabby (Noun)
A brindled cat.
tabby (Noun)
An old maid or gossip.
tabby (Adjective)
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
tabby (Adjective)
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

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.
tabby (n.)
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.
tabby (n.)
A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
tabby (n.)
An old maid or gossip.
tabby (a.)
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
tabby (a.)
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
tabby (v. t.)
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.

tabby
tab′i, n. a coarser kind of waved or watered silk: an artificial stone, a mixture of lime, shells, gravel, stones, and water: a female cat—also Tabb′y-cat.—adj. brindled: diversified in colour.—v.t. to water or cause to look wavy:—pa.t. and pa.p. tabb′ied.—n. Tabb′inet, a more delicate kind of tabby resembling damask, used for window-curtains. [Fr. tabis—Ar. 'attābī, a kind of rich, waved silk—'Attabiya, the quarter in Bagdad where first made.]

tabby
An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name; or else from a tabby cat, old maids being often compared to cats. To drive Tab; to go out on a party of pleasure with a wife and family.

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tabby in sign language