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noun

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Adjective
Think: jealousy, clinginess or unpredictable moods (looking at you, tabby cats). Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025 This little purr machine is Fernando, a 3-year-old tabby cat with soft stripes, a gentle heart and a shy soul. Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Noun
In a viral TikTok video posted on October 2, owner Erin McCormick (@erinmccormick__) shared a video of her orange tabby named Sherlock lying at the top of the staircase. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 The 5-week-old orange tabby, named Mackie after the 7-Eleven worker who called in the tip, is now in foster care with one of his rescuers. Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabby
Adjective
  • Shop it in seven colors, including ivory, black, and black-and-white striped options.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • While striped skunk is edible, Coalition Brewing warns against its strong odor, scavenger diet and susceptibility to parasites.
    Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After almost getting run over by two cars in heavy rain, a tiny black kitten was saved by a kind stranger who stopped to help him and ended up taking him home.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Christopher Walken, who once gifted an Abyssinian kitten to a reporter during an Interview magazine profile, has raised cats for decades.
    Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
  • To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025

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