katy

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈkeɪti/

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/ˈkeɪti/ · [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi]

Definition of katy

7 senses · 2 parts of speech

name

A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.

“The very first thing, however, Ernest annoyed me by calling me Katherine, though he knows I hate that name, and want to be called Katy as if I were a lovable person, as I certainly am (sometimes).”
“Come along, you’re the first of the Katies. Now Katy was a tom-boy, […] Have you got a copy of the script?”
“Katy Carr serves her sentence with pain and her character changes as a result – or so the author implies; but the two Katys, the hoyden and the high-principled young lady, hardly seem to be the same girl.”

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name

A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.

“The very first thing, however, Ernest annoyed me by calling me Katherine, though he knows I hate that name, and want to be called Katy as if I were a lovable person, as I certainly am (sometimes).”
“Come along, you’re the first of the Katies. Now Katy was a tom-boy, […] Have you got a copy of the script?”
“Katy Carr serves her sentence with pain and her character changes as a result – or so the author implies; but the two Katys, the hoyden and the high-principled young lady, hardly seem to be the same girl.”
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad.

“When the Katy came through, the town’s entire economy and culture changed.”
A locale in the United States.
A locale in the United States.
A locale in the United States.
A village in Subcarpathia, Poland.

noun

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