Definition of catty
catties
: any of various units of weight of China and southeast Asia varying around 11⁄3 pounds (about 600 grams); also : a standard Chinese unit equal to 1.1023 pounds (500 grams)
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Origin and Etymology of catty
Malay kati
catty
Definition of catty
cattier
;cattiest
1 : resembling a cat; especially : slyly spiteful : malicious made several catty comments
2 : of or relating to a cat
Examples of catty in a Sentence
a catty remark that served its only purpose: to make someone cry
Recent Examples of catty from the Web
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The Girls star is officially joining Murphy's kooky world of latex monsters, catty witches, lobster people, and Lady Gaga vampires.
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The space is catty-corner from Nano Brew and is in the heart of one of the healthiest craft-beer neighborhoods in Northeast Ohio.
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Plans were submitted to the city of Sacramento this week for a restaurant and retail space at the northeast corner of 16th Street and Broadway, catty-corner to the Tower Theatre.
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Underneath all that amazing costuming, wiggery and makeup, underneath those catty one-liners, there's a real humanity in its shows.
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Then there’s this really catty power struggle of who gets to ride with the bride and who knows the bride best, like, ‘
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The two industrial warehouses with 1.2 million square feet will be built on 83 acres at the northeast corner of Texas 360 and East Division Street — catty-corner from the GM plant.
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Miller Big Little Lies David E. Kelly's adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel could have been a by-the-book miniseries adaptation of a popular novel about wealthy women and their catty schemes (which end in a shocking murder).
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Miller Big Little Lies David E. Kelly's adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel could have been a by-the-book miniseries adaptation of a popular novel about wealthy women and their catty schemes (which end in a shocking murder).
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First Known Use of catty
1886
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Definition of catty for English Language Learners
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: unkind or critical
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