natty

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5
Pronunciation
/ˈnæti/

Definition of natty

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (informal)Smart and fashionable.
    “'One of our witnesses has already had the misfortune to be rather badly run down while cycling, and I've had a natty-looking box of chocolates by post from an "unknown friend" myself,' replied the inspector.”
    “Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]”
    “A natty dresser, especially by congressional standards, Mr. Curtis has turned his penchant for bright socks into an ice-breaker that he says helps constituents feel comfortable in approaching him.”
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adj

  1. (informal)Smart and fashionable.
    “'One of our witnesses has already had the misfortune to be rather badly run down while cycling, and I've had a natty-looking box of chocolates by post from an "unknown friend" myself,' replied the inspector.”
    “Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]”
    “A natty dresser, especially by congressional standards, Mr. Curtis has turned his penchant for bright socks into an ice-breaker that he says helps constituents feel comfortable in approaching him.”
  2. (Jamaica, slang)Knotty.
    “natty dreadlocks”
  3. (slang)Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
    “natty gains”
  4. (slang)National.

noun

  1. (slang)Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
  2. (slang)A national championship.
    “I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.”

name

  1. (US, slang)Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.
    “Natty Ice; Natty Light”
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.

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Etymology

Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.

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