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Natty

//ˈnæti// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Knotty. Jamaica, slang

    "natty dreadlocks"

  3. 3
    Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced. slang

    "natty gains"

  4. 4
    National. slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager. US, slang

    "Natty Ice; Natty Light"

  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids. slang
  2. 2
    A national championship. slang

    "I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.

Etymology 2

Variant of knotty.

Etymology 3

Clipping of natural + -y.

Etymology 4

Clipping of natural + -y.

Etymology 5

Clipping of national + -y.

Etymology 6

Clipping of national + -y.

Etymology 7

Diminutives with -y.

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