English Explanatory Dictionary

tammy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
noun
  1. Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”).
verb
  1. To strain through a tammy.
noun
  1. A tam o’shanter hat.
name
  1. A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Pronunciation

/ˈtami/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tammy.wav /ˈtæmi/

Word forms

tammy tammies tamin tamine taminy tammying tammied Tammi Tammie

Etymology

Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).

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