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Tabby Common

Tabby has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

2

female cat

3

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

Verb
1

To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).

Adjective
1

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

2

Having a wavy or watered appearance

Proper Noun
1

A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.

See Also
cat tabaret brindled calender nontabby torbie tabbies sokoke
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
domestic cat
Rhyming Words
abby ebby bibby hubby gibby libby ribby tibby zibby bobby tubby cobby dobby fobby gobby hobby pubby nubby jobby lobby
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