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Catty

//ˈkæti// adj, name, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women. informal

    "“So leave your umbrellas at home 'cause we're gonna be drier than my favorite varietal of white wine, pinot gris.” “Hmm. Interesting. According to my research, precipitation is a-coming.” “So Harry's wrong?” “I don't want to be a catty bitch, but kind of, yeah.” “Meow, Ham.”"

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of a cat. informal

    "a catty smell"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by or arising from malice wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The borough of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania. US, colloquial
Noun
  1. 1
    A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.

    "16 Mess, make a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make a Catty, another weight."

  2. 2
    A catapult. slang

    "“Give me your slingshot, and I'll let you have it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others."

  3. 3
    any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cat + -y. Compare Dutch kattig (“catty”); in sense “hostility”, see catfight.

Etymology 2

From Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi).

Etymology 3

Diminutive + -y.

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