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Synonyms
tab·by (tăb́ē)

[French tabis, from Old French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabī, from Arabic ‘attābī, after al-‘Attābīya, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.]

noun: pl., -bies. 

  1. A rich watered silk.
  2. A fabric of plain weave.
    1. A domestic cat with a striped or brindled coat of a gray or tawny color.
    2. 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.

adjective 

  1. Having light and dark striped markings: a tabby cat.
  2. Made of or resembling watered silk.