Tabby

Definition of tabby:

part of speech: noun

A coarser kind of waved or watered silk: an artificial stone, a mixture of shells, gravel, stones, and water.

part of speech: noun

Brindled; variegated.

part of speech: verb

To water or cause to look wavy:- pa. t. and pa. p. tabbied.

part of speech: noun

A kind of waved silk; a brindled cat.

part of speech: adjective

Having a wavy marking; brindled.

part of speech: noun

A taffeta silk with a wavy marking: often called watered silk; a gray and black striped cat; hence, any domestic cat.

part of speech: adjective

Brindled: diversified in color.

Usage examples for tabby:

• It's men that are the cat tribe: tame cats, tabby cats, wild cats, Cheshire cats, tomcats and stray cats! "This Freedom", A. S. M. Hutchinson.

• A wise tabby a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill. "Ulysses", James Joyce.

• I'm not afeard of 'em;" and Tabby tossed her head defiantly, as she paused to shift her basket from one arm to the other. "Spinning-Wheel Stories", Louisa May Alcott.