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Definitions for Tabby

[1] a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
[2] a domestic cat, especially a female one.
[3] a spinster.
[4] a spiteful female gossip or tattler.
[5] plain weave.
[6] a watered silk fabric, or any other watered material, as moreen.
[7] striped or brindled.
[8] made of or resembling tabby.
[9] to give a wavy or watered appearance to, as silk.
[10] (in the southeastern U.S.) a building material composed of ground oyster shells, lime, and sand, mixed with salt water.
[11] a fabric with a watered pattern, esp silk or taffeta
[12] (esp of cats) brindled with dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background
[13] having a wavy or striped pattern, particularly in colours of grey and brown
[14] a tabby cat
[15] any female domestic cat
[16] British informal a gossiping old woman
[17] Australian slang any girl or woman

Words related to Tabby

gossipmonger, gossiper, tattletale, talebearer, telltale, snoop, tattler, rumormonger, informer, busybody, meddler, blabbermouth, chatterbox, parrot, taleteller, tattle, scandalmonger, babbler, flibbertigibbet, whisperer

Words nearby Tabby

tabaret, tabari, tabasco, tabbinet, tabbouleh, tabby, taber, tabernacle, tabernacle frame, tabernacle mirror, tabernacles

Origin of Tabby

2An Americanism dating back to 1765–75; said to be of West African orig.

Word origin for Tabby

C17: from Tabby , pet form of the girl's name Tabitha , probably influenced by tabby 1

Synonyms for Tabby

babbler, blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, flibbertigibbet, gossiper, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snoop, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whisperer, blab, circulator, scandalizer