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
Usage examples for tabby:
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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.