different between tabby vs cabby

English

Etymology

Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic ??????????? (?att?biyy), ultimately from Arabic ???????????????? (al-?att?biyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince ???????? (?att?b)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian ?????? (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Noun

tabby (countable and uncountable, plural tabbies)

1. (countable, uncountable) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
2. (uncountable) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
3. (countable) A brindled cat.
   • 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:^[1]

     A wise tabby, a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill. Pity to disturb them. Mohammed cut a piece out of his mantle not to wake her.

4. (countable, archaic) An old maid or gossip.

Synonyms

• (An old maid or gossip): See Thesaurus:old woman

Translations

Adjective

tabby (not comparable)

1. Having a wavy or watered appearance

   a tabby waistcoat

2. Brindled; diversified in color

   a tabby cat.

Translations

Verb

tabby (third-person singular simple present tabbies, present participle tabbying, simple past and past participle tabbied)

1. (transitive) To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).

Anagrams

• baby T

English

Alternative forms

• cabbie

Etymology

cab +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ.bi/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Noun

cabby (plural cabbies)

1. (informal) A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi.