name
Meaning 1
A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
tammy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtæmi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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UK: /ˈtami/
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rhymes with -æmi
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CMU ARPABET: T AE1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic
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noun
Meaning 4
A tam o’shanter hat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To strain through a tammy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 6
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tam, tam-o'-shanter
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Broader terms: cap
noun
Meaning 7
plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.
Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).
From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
Ellipsis of tammy shanter.
Real reading context