Natty
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids. slang
- 2 A national championship. slang
"I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season."
- 1 Smart and fashionable. informal
"Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]"
- 2 Knotty. Jamaica, slang
"natty dreadlocks"
- 3 Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced. slang
"natty gains"
- 4 National. slang
- 1 marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners wordnet
- 1 Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager. US, slang
"Natty Ice; Natty Light"
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]"
Etymology
Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.
Variant of knotty.
Clipping of natural + -y.
Clipping of national + -y.
Diminutives with -y.
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