Catty

Quick meaning: Catty is an adjective meaning (literally) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

Meaning

(literally) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.

More Meanings

1. A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.
2. (by extension, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset (particularly in interactions between women).
3. (slang) A catapult.

Example Sentences

I heard a catty shriek.

Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.

16 Mess, make a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make a Catty, another weight.

The 130,000 mou of cotton fields in (Pailichou) district of Chihchiang County have produced 17 million catties of cotton seed, and 2.5 million catties of ginned cotton have been sold to the state.

Word Forms

• cattier
• cattiest
• catties
• cattys
• cattee

Synonyms for catty

Depending on context, synonyms include catlike, catly, cattish, feline, bitchy, malicious.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bitchy, malevolent, malicious, cattish, cattie, snide.

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