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Tammy

//ˈtæmi// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

    "Wish I knew if he knew What I'm dreaming of Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love."

Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”). alt-of, alternative, archaic
  3. 3
    A tam o’shanter hat.
  4. 4
    a woolen cap of Scottish origin wordnet
  5. 5
    plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To strain through a tammy. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).

Etymology 2

From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Etymology 3

From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Etymology 4

Ellipsis of tammy shanter.

Etymology 5

A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.

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