adj
Meaning 1
Smart and fashionable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
natty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnæti/
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CMU ARPABET: N AE1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Knotty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Jamaica, slang
Examples
- natty dreadlocks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: particularly bodybuilding
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- natty gains
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
National.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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name
Meaning 5
Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Examples
- Natty Ice; Natty Light
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: particularly bodybuilding
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A national championship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- I hope my favorite team makes it to the natty this season.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.
Variant of knotty.
Clipping of natural + -y.
Clipping of national + -y.
Diminutives with -y.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَنِيق (ʔanīq) — Smart and fashionable
- Arabic: مُتَنَاغِم (mutanāḡim) — Smart and fashionable
- Czech: fešácký — Smart and fashionable
- Finnish: siisti — Smart and fashionable
- Finnish: tyylikäs — Smart and fashionable
- Finnish: näppärä — Smart and fashionable
- Finnish: kätevä — Smart and fashionable
- French: chic — Smart and fashionable
- French: élégant — Smart and fashionable
- German: schick — Smart and fashionable
- German: nett — Smart and fashionable
- Macedonian: модерен (moderen) — Smart and fashionable
- Macedonian: шизик, фраер (šizik, fraer) — Smart and fashionable
- Russian: мо́дный (módnyj) — Smart and fashionable
- Russian: нарядный (narjadnyj) — Smart and fashionable
- Finnish: natu — sports
Real reading context