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I'm definitely not the type to have a sing-off. I'm not catty like that. I sing for the right reasons.
Nicole Scherzinger

Meaning of "catty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATTY

catty  [ˈkætɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catty is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CATTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Catty

The catty or kati, symbol , is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries in some wet markets, street markets, and shops. Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1⁄16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in South East Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The catty is traditionally equivalent to around 1 1⁄3 pound avoirdupois, formalised as 604.78982 grammes in Hong Kong, 604.79 grammes in Malaysia and 604.8 grammes in Singapore. In some countries, the weight has been rounded to 600 grammes. In mainland China, the catty has been rounded to 500 grammes and is referred to as the market catty in order to distinguish it from the "metric catty", or kilogram, and it is subdivided into 10 taels rather than the usual 16. Fruits sold in catties in a market in Sanchong, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Definition of catty in the English dictionary

The definition of catty in the dictionary is spiteful. Other definition of catty is of or resembling a cat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATTY


basmati
bəzˈmætɪ
batty
ˈbætɪ
bratty
ˈbrætɪ
cattie
ˈkætɪ
chapati
tʃəˈpætɪ
chatty
ˈtʃætɪ
Cincinnati
ˌsɪnsɪˈnætɪ
fatty
ˈfætɪ
flatty
ˈflætɪ
mattie
ˈmætɪ
natty
ˈnætɪ
Patti
ˈpætɪ
patty
ˈpætɪ
paty
ˈpætɪ
ratty
ˈrætɪ
Scarlatti
skɑːˈlætɪ
scatty
ˈskætɪ
tattie
ˈtætɪ
tatty
ˈtætɪ
Togliatti
ˌtɒlɪˈætɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATTY

cattle class
cattle dog
cattle drive
cattle farm
cattle guard
cattle market
cattle plague
cattle prod
cattle raising
cattle shed
cattle show
cattle truck
cattle-cake
cattle-grid
cattle-stop
cattleman
cattlemen
cattleya
catty-corner
catty-cornered

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATTY

atty
Beatty
betty
chupatty
Getty
gnatty
Hanratty
hotty
kitty
nonfatty
petty
potty
pretty
Scotty
shitty
slutty
squatty
the nitty-gritty
titty
witty

Synonyms and antonyms of catty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CATTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «catty» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of catty

Translation of «catty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATTY

Find out the translation of catty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

每斤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maliciosa
570 millions of speakers

English

catty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिल्ली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حقود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ехидный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catty
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিংসক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méchant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Catty
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

boshaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

猫のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽기 살기로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Catty
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

catty
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Catty
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinsi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dispettoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zjadliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

єхидний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

răutăcios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύπουλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kettie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

catty
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

catty
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATTY»

The term «catty» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catty

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9 QUOTES WITH «CATTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word catty.
1
Craig Brown
Historians are the consummate hairdressers of the literary world: cooing in public, catty in private.
2
Amanda Bynes
Part of me relates to Perez Hilton because he's an outcast. I don't have a lot of friends who are actresses. They're catty, and they'll cut you down. I like that Perez is proud of who he is and doesn't care what anybody thinks.
3
Kirsten Dunst
I was a very extrovert kid. It felt normal to me to act. I always went to regular schools. I've never been catty or a prima donna, so I never had problems. I always had my seat at the cafeteria when I came back from acting.
4
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Basically, women have to prove they are strong at all times. And then when they go on the attack, they have to not appear mean because those women often get the label of being catty.
5
Joyce Giraud
'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are even cattier. But I do think that it's a total different world, and it can't compare.
6
Scarlett Johansson
LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks.
7
Meghan Markle
Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.
8
Nicole Scherzinger
I'm definitely not the type to have a sing-off. I'm not catty like that. I sing for the right reasons.
9
Lindsey Shaw
My biggest problem in middle school was catty girls, cliques, and trying to figure out if I wanted to be a part of one of those, just figuring out who I was and all that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATTY»

Discover the use of catty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Girls Acting Catty
With a few puppy-training tips, Annabelle got the boys under control.
Leslie Margolis, 2010
2
Accidentally Catty
A purrr-fectly scintillating new novel from the national bestselling author of Accidentally Demonic.
Dakota Cassidy, 2011
3
Hydrosols: The Next Aromatherapy
AROMATHERAPY / HEALTH "Suzanne Catty performs a great service to us all in bringing forth from obscurity this aspect of plant medicine, which is both ancient and modern. This book is very informative, well-researched and accessible to all.
Suzanne Catty, 2001
4
The Catty, Catty Ways of Women in the Workplace
This book is a tongue-in-cheek tale about the trials and triumphs of the sisterhood of working women, as seen through the eyes of new hire Calli Felina and the rest of her feline office cohorts.
Marcia Ellett, J. Andy Murphy, Terri LaForest, 2007
5
Mean girls all grown up: surviving catty and conniving women
If you remember the gossip, insults, and cutthroat competition like yesterday because it was yesterday, then this is the book for you.
Hayley DiMarco, 2005
6
Catty-cornered
Writing in her diary, twelve-year-old Venola Mae Cutright describes her trials and tribulations as she is forced to go live with her grandmother while she starts the seventh grade.
Cheryl Ware, Paul Yalowitz, 2001
7
Wiley Guide to Fair Value Under IFRS
Your one indispensable guide to all the Fair Value requirements of IFRS Acomplete guide to the complex valuation requirements of IFRS, this book includes chapters on theoretical and practical applications, with extensive examples ...
James P. Catty, 2010
8
Leaders Gone Catty-Whompus: A Guide to Survival in the Workplace
This book is a humorous look at the less-than-perfect bosses in this world and contains 72 drawings of cats (as leaders) highlighting certain leadership characteristics (mostly ailments).
Peggy Matheson, 2007
9
Tatty Mae & Catty Mae
Tatty Mae and Catty Mae decide to clean up their messy houseboat but then neither can find anything.
Bill Martin, 1970
10
Fashion Victims
Pairing hilarious poetry with the stunning collage work for which he is famous, Michael Roberts takes on the fashion world letter by letter—and in the way only a true insider can—in Fashion Victims.
Michael Roberts, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catty is used in the context of the following news items.
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'In Stereo' Is More Than Just Young Creatives in Love, in New York …
Brenda's interactions with her catty agent (Mario Cantone), while entertaining, are clichéd, as is the apparently inevitable acting class sequence ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
2
New shopping center being built in Katy area
The Shoppes at Parkwest/Katy will be built near the recently-constructed Grand Parkway with access from Colonial Parkway and is catty corner from Katy Mills ... «KPRC Houston, Jul 15»
3
Rachel McAdams insulted by airport official
The Notebook star was travelling in the U.S. when a female customs officer made a catty remark about her hair after she had it dyed with pink ... «Niagara Falls Review, Jul 15»
4
A Michael Graves Classic is Threatened by Store Closing
The shop, which is a block away from the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue and catty-corner to Central Park, has changed hands many times ... «Metropolis Magazine, Jul 15»
5
BN Prose – Book Review: Weeping Cherry by Kemi Santos …
They all end up on the field trip along with the school jocks, the catty social queen and her token best friend. The field trip goes horribly wrong ... «Bella Naija, Jul 15»
6
An Open Letter to the Woman on the Plane Who Yelled at My Baby
So I tried distractions: Cheerios, keys, books, a spotted leopard named Catty, cookies, nursing — all of which he turned down with increasing ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
7
Orson's Shadow, Southwark Playhouse
Still, there's some interesting insight into the creative process, enjoyably catty barbs – Welles says of Olivier: “He thinks modern is anything this ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
8
'The Bachelorette' star Kaitlyn Bristowe tells Shawn Booth about sex …
Kaitlyn was a little frustrated because the guys constantly said bad things about each other to her. She thought they were jealous, catty spats. «Reality TV World, Jul 15»
9
GC Blog: Supras get catty in Greece crisis
GC Blog: Supras get catty in Greece crisis. Never let it be said that such a serious organisation as the European Stability Mechanism would ... «GlobalCapital, Jul 15»
10
Greek debt crisis: Yanis Varoufakis's funniest (and most memorable …
... we've rounded up some of our favourite Yanis Varoufakis lines showing the (former) Greek finance minister at his best, from catty remarks to ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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