Definitions for TABBY
ˈtæb itab·by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tabby, tabby catnoun

   a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

2. tabby, queenadjective

   female cat

3. brindled, brindle, brinded, tabbyadjective

   having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tabbynoun

   A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

2. tabbynoun

   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.

3. tabbynoun

   A brindled cat

4. tabbynoun

   An old maid or gossip.

5. tabbyadjective

   Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

6. tabbyadjective

   Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

7. Tabbynoun

   A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tabbyadjective

   Brinded; brindled; varied with different colours.

   A tabby cat sat in the chimney-corner. Addison.

   On her tabby rival’s face,
   She deep will mark her new disgrace. Matthew Prior.

2. Tabbynoun

   A kind of waved silk.

   Etymology: tabi, tabino, Italian; tabis, French.

   Brocades, and tabies, and gauses. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tabby

   A tabby is any domestic cat (Felis catus) with a distinctive 'M'-shaped marking on its forehead; stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, and around its legs and tail; and (differing by tabby type), characteristic striped, dotted, lined, flecked, banded, or swirled patterns on the body—neck, shoulders, sides, flanks, chest, and abdomen. "Tabby" is not a breed of cat, but a coat type seen in almost all genetic lines of domestic cats, regardless of status.The tabby pattern is found in many official cat breeds and is a hallmark of the landrace extremely common among the general population of cats around the world. The tabby pattern occurs naturally and is connected both to the coat of the domestic cat's direct ancestor and to those of their close relatives: the African wildcat (Felis lybica lybica), the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica ornata), all of which have similar coats, both by pattern and coloration. One genetic study of tabbies found five genetic clusters to be ancestral to cats of various parts of the world.

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1. tabby

   Tabby typically refers to a domestic cat with a certain type of coat that is typically striped or mottled. The coat features a distinctive 'M'-shaped mark on the forehead and the pattern differs from cat to cat. 'Tabby' cat itself is not a breed but relates to the coat pattern. The tabby pattern can be found on many different cat breeds.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tabbynoun

   a kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering

2. Tabbynoun

   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

3. Tabbynoun

   a brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat

4. Tabbynoun

   an old maid or gossip

5. Tabbyadjective

   having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat

6. Tabbyadjective

   brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat

7. Tabbyverb

   to water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tabby

   Tabby is a building material consisting of lime, sand, water, and crushed oyster shells. It was developed and used by English colonists in Charleston, in Beaufort County, and on the Sea Islands of coastal South Carolina, in coastal Georgia, and in northern Florida in the Southern United States. The period of use extended from the Colonial Period into the early 19th century. The labor-intensive process depended on slave labor to crush and burn the oyster shells to supply lime. They were combined with sand and water in wood forms to hold the shape until the material hardened. Tabby was used as a substitute for bricks, which were rare and expensive because of the absence of local clay. Some researchers believe that the name came from the Spanish word, tapia, which means "mud wall", but that English colonists developed their own process independently of the Spanish.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

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How to pronounce TABBY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TABBY in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TABBY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TABBY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tabby
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TABBY
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TABBY
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=TABBY
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TABBY