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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkæti/, [ˈkʰæɾi] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catty.wav Forms: cattier [comparative], cattiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æti Etymology: From cat + -y. Compare Dutch kattig (“catty”); in sense “hostility”, see catfight. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cat|-y|id2=adjectival}} cat + -y, {{cog|nl|kattig|t=catty}} Dutch kattig (“catty”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} catty (comparative cattier, superlative cattiest)
  1. (informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women. Tags: informal Related terms (hostility, especially between women): handbags, handbags at dawn, the handbags come out, meow
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  2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat. Tags: informal Translations (resembling or characteristic of a cat): kočičí (Czech)
    Sense id: en-catty-en-adj-PN682ShM Disambiguation of 'resembling or characteristic of a cat': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (spiteful): bitchy [derogatory], cattish, malicious, nasty, snide, spiteful Derived forms: cattily, cattiness, uncatty Related terms: catfight Translations (spiteful): злобен (zloben) (Bulgarian), zlomyslný (Czech), škodolibý (Czech), nepříjemný (Czech), sladrende (Danish), kattig (Dutch), ilkeä (Finnish), rosse (French), rosserie (French), méchant (French), zickig (German), boshaft (German), gehässig (German), stutenbissig (German), sunyi (Hungarian), alattomos (Hungarian), rosszindulatú (Hungarian), malizioso (Italian), spydig (Norwegian), зло́бный (zlóbnyj) (Russian), озло́бленный (ozlóblennyj) (Russian), злой (zloj) (Russian), malicioso (Spanish), spydig (Swedish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'spiteful': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'spiteful': 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: catties [plural], cattys [plural]
Etymology: From Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ms|kati}} Malay kati, {{der|en|ta|கட்டி}} Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi) Head templates: {{en-noun|catties|cattys}} catty (plural catties or cattys)
  1. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. Synonyms: cattee, kati, katti, katty [obsolete] Translations (a unit of weight in China): جینگ (jiŋ) (Chagatai), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (gan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (jīn) (Chinese Mandarin), (kîn) (Hakka Chinese), kati (Indonesian), (kin) (alt: きん) (Japanese), (geun) (alt: ) (Korean), kati (Malay), ка́тти (kátti) [neuter] (Russian), цзинь (czinʹ) [masculine] (Russian), มายน (maa yon) (Thai), جىڭ (jing) (Uyghur), cân (alt: ) (Vietnamese), (¹cin) (Wu Chinese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: catties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} catty (plural catties)
  1. (slang) A catapult. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Personality, Units of measure Related terms: catty-corner, catty-cornered, catty-mount
    Sense id: en-catty-en-noun-fIhJhS5b Disambiguation of Personality: 2 5 39 54 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 3 3 33 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 26 55 Disambiguation of Hong Kong English: 11 2 25 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 16 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 1 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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