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tabbying

tabbying is the present participle and gerund of tabby.

Meaning of tabby

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).

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Questions about tabbying

What is tabbying the present participle and gerund of?
Tabbying is the present participle and gerund of tabby.

Words near tabbying in the dictionary

  1. tabby cats
  2. tabby parties
  3. tabby party
  4. Tabby's Star
  5. tabbyhood
  6. tabbying
  7. tabbyite
  8. tabebuia
  9. tabebuias
  10. tabefaction
  11. tabefactions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tabbying (page history and authors); tabby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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