"Katie" meaning in English

See Katie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkeɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Katie.wav Forms: Katies [plural], Catie [alternative], Caty [alternative], Katy [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪti Head templates: {{en-prop|+}} Katie (plural Katies)
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings. Categories (topical): English diminutives of female given names, English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Katie-en-name-mknZ~UEQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 35
  2. (with the) Alternative spelling of Katy (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Katy (extra: (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”))
    Sense id: en-Katie-en-name-wJixu1Ai Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 35
  3. (poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T" Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-Katie-en-name-qUPAZW2T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 35 Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems, J.B.Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 (\"Mary\")",
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          "ref": "2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN:",
          "text": "The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.",
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          "text": "The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.",
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