Tabby (Noun)
Meaning 1
A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The tabby cat sauntered into the room, its eyes gleaming in the sunlight.
- Her childhood had been filled with memories of playing with the family tabby, Mittens.
- The tabby kitten pounced on the ball of yarn, its little claws extended.
- The neighbor's tabby cat was infamous for its mischievous antics in the garden.
- As she stroked the soft fur of the tabby, she felt a sense of calm wash over her.
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Meaning 2
Female cat.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The little tabby was purring contentedly on my lap.
- The stray tabby that had been wandering around the neighborhood for months finally let me pet her.
- After giving birth to her kittens, the mother tabby began to purr and feed them.
- My grandmother's favorite pet was a beautiful grey tabby named Whiskers.
- The tabby I adopted from the shelter last week is already playing with her new toys.