natty
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈnæti/
Definition of natty
8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(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
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(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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(Jamaica, slang)Knotty.
“natty dreadlocks”
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(slang)Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
“natty gains”
- (slang)National.
noun
- (slang)Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
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(slang)A national championship.
“I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.”
name
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(US, slang)Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.
“Natty Ice; Natty Light”
- A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.
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