tabby

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tabby

A tabby cat naps in a sunny patch on the living room rug.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A domestic cat, especially a female cat: "tabby" can refer to a domestic cat, with a specific traditional association with female cats.
    • A cat with a distinctive coat pattern: More specifically, a "tabby" is a cat with a coat marked by stripes, lines, dots, or swirling patterns, typically in shades of grey, brown, or tawny, often with an 'M' marking on the forehead.

  2. Adjective:

    • Having a streaked or brindled coat pattern: Used to describe the fur of cats (and sometimes other animals or fabrics) that exhibits a pattern of dark stripes, swirls, or spots on a lighter background.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • We adopted a friendly grey tabby from the shelter.
    • The old tabby spent her days sleeping in the sun.

  • Adjective:

    • She has a beautiful tabby cat with swirling patterns on its sides.
    • The fabric had a subtle tabby weave, creating a striped effect.
Advanced Usage

  • "Tabby cat": The full, most common term for a cat with the characteristic striped or mottled coat pattern.

    • The classic tabby cat pattern features bold, swirling markings.

  • "Mackerel tabby": A specific tabby pattern with narrow, parallel stripes running down the sides, resembling fish bones.

    • Her cat is a mackerel tabby with very distinct stripes.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tabbying (n, historical): The process of giving a waved or watered appearance to fabric.
  • Tabbied (adj): Having been given a tabby pattern (used for fabrics).
Synonyms
  • Brindled (adj): Having a grey or brown streak or a patchy coloring, similar to "tabby" but used more broadly for animals like dogs or cattle.
  • Striped cat (n): A descriptive synonym for a tabby cat.
Related Phrases
  • Tabby pattern: The specific arrangement of stripes, spots, or swirls on an animal's fur.
    • The tabby pattern is one of the most common in domestic cats.
Related Idioms

(No common idioms are centrally built around the word "tabby" itself.)

tabby

A tabby cat naps in a sunny patch on the living room rug.

Adjective
  1. having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Noun
  1. female cat
  2. a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black

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