What does "tammy" mean?

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

What is a synonym for "tammy"?

Common synonyms include: female name, given name, tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammie.

/ˈtæmi/ name, noun, verb

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Noun

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

Verb

Proper Noun

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."

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

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

Ellipsis of tammy shanter.

Etymology 4

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