tabby

tab·by  (tb)

n. pl. tab·bies

1. A rich watered silk.

2. A fabric of plain weave.

3.

a. A domestic cat with a striped or brindled coat of a gray or tawny color.

b. A domestic cat, especially a female.

4. A spinster.

5. A prying woman; a gossip.

6. South Atlantic U.S. A mixture of oyster shells, lime, sand, and water used as a building material.

adj.

1. Having light and dark striped markings: a tabby cat.

2. Made of or resembling watered silk.

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[French tabis, from Old French atabis, from Medieval Latin attab, from Arabic 'attb, after al-'Attbya, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.]

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tabby

Noun

pl -bies

a cat whose fur has dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background

Adjective

having dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background [from the girl's name Tabitha, influenced by tabby, old kind of striped silk]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tabby - a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black tabby cat domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
	2.	tabby - female cat queen domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
Adj.	1.	tabby - having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats brinded, brindle, brindled patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

Translations

tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also: tabby cat) → gato atigrado

tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also: tabby cat) → chat(te) tigré(e)

tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also: tabby cat) → getigerte Katze f

tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also: tabby cat) → (gatto) soriano, gatto tigrato

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tabby

n tabby [ˈtӕbi]

(also ˈtabby-cat) a usually grey or brown cat with darker stripes, especially a female one. gestreepte kat قِط رَمادي котка на сиви/кафяви ивици mourek stribet kat getigerte Katze γάτα με ραβδωτό τρίχωμα gato atigrado vöödiline (emane) kass گربه خاکستری با راه راه های تیره juovikas kissa chat tigré, chatte tigrée חָתוּל מְפוּספַּס धारीदार भूरी बिल्ली tigrasta, šarena mačka cirmos cica kucing loreng grá– eða gulbröndóttur köttur/læða (gatto tigrato) ぶち猫 rainė (svītrains) kaķis, kaķene kucing belang gestreepte poes stripet katt bury kot gato malhado pisică tigrată полосатая кошка strakatá mačka tigrasta mačka tigrasta mačka strimmig katt แมวลายสีน้ำตาลหรือสีเทา tekir kedi 斑貓；[]平紋 смугаста кішка بھورے اور گہرے براؤن رنگ کي بلي mèo mướp 斑猫