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adjective

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as in striped

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noun

as in kitten

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Recent Examples of tabby
Adjective
In the living room, a tabby cat with a clipped ear lounged on a velvet couch, her front paws propping open an illustrated catalogue of military aircraft. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Gogo Yubari, a 1-year-old, 8-pound, female, domestic shorthair cat with a red tabby coat. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Noun
Calico is an all-cotton fabric woven in plain, or tabby, weave and printed with simple designs in one or more colors. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 My cats, Cutie and Socks — one’s a tabby and the other is a tuxedo cat — wake me up by mewing and walking on me. — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabby
  1. striped
  2. kitten
Adjective
  • Prices range from $20 to $1,500, spanning everything from a striped scarf to a suede wrap coat to the trench with a removable corduroy collar.
    — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Searches for striped matching sets have increased 324 percent, while searches for striped loungewear increased 309 percent between the same periods.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of striped
Noun
  • After visiting a neighbor who was fostering kittens, the little girl would bring one home, hoping to keep it despite her dad’s allergy.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the kitten was discovered in the wild and closely monitored by biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as part of panther conservation efforts.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of kitten

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