tabbying

noun pl. tabbies

1. a silk taffeta with stripes or wavy markings; watered silk
2. a light-colored cat with darker stripes, sometimes of another color
3. any domestic cat, esp. a female
4. Brit., Informal
   1. an old maid
   2. a malicious woman gossip

adjective

1. made of, or like, tabby
2. having dark stripes over gray or brown; brindled

transitive verb tabbied, tabbying