Katie

//ˈkeɪti// name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.

    "There is one Emily, one Charlotte, no Catherine, but two Kates, and innumerable Katies, which seems to be the latest form that Catherine has taken—Catherine, Kate, Katie."

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of Katy (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T" slang

Example

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"Justin Bieber is more famous than Katie Holmes."

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