TABBY
What does "TABBY" mean?
A domestic cat with a striped, spotted, or swirled coat pattern.
Meanings
- A cat whose fur shows the characteristic stripes, swirls, or spots, usually with an 'M' marking on the forehead. A grey tabby dozed on the warm windowsill.
- A kind of striped or watered silk fabric. Her gown was cut from a fine tabby. archaic
- Having a brindled or striped pattern. The kittens all had the same tabby markings.
Did you know?
- The word 'tabby' came from a striped silk made in the Attabiyya quarter of Baghdad - the cat's coat was named after the cloth, not the other way around.
Word origin
From French 'tabis', a striped silk, from Arabic 'al-'Attabiyya', a district of Baghdad where the cloth was made; the cat's stripes were later named after the fabric.
Remember it
TABBY has a doubled 'B', like two parallel stripes down the cat's back.
A little poem
An M on the brow-
Baghdad's old silk learned to purr
and sleep in the sun.
haiku
What it teaches
Even the cat on your lap carries a trade route in its name; ordinary things have far-traveled histories.
Quick facts
What does TABBY mean?
A domestic cat with a striped, spotted, or swirled coat pattern.
Is TABBY a valid word?
Yes — TABBY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TABBY?
TABBY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TABBY come from?
From French 'tabis', a striped silk, from Arabic 'al-'Attabiyya', a district of Baghdad where the cloth was made; the cat's stripes were later named after the fabric.
What can TABBY teach us?
Even the cat on your lap carries a trade route in its name; ordinary things have far-traveled histories.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.