catty

Examples

• All

• She bought two catties of fresh vegetables at the market for dinner.

• The merchant sold rice by the catty, ensuring customers knew the exact weight.

• Information leading to the conviction of anyone selling flour illegally will be rewarded: for five catties of flour and above with three thousand cash, for ten catties and above with ten thousand.

  Academic text (2002)

• In the traditional market, the price is set per catty for all types of produce.

Synonyms

C

cattie

vscatty

• Archaic

9.9

A unit of weight used in parts of Asia, especially China, equal to about 500 grams

is the same weight unit but spelled in a different form

Compounds

C

catty-corner

• US

1 7.9

At an angle across the corner of a street or room

C

catty remark

• Offensive

1 7.4

A mean comment that aims to hurt someone

C

catty behavior

• Offensive

7.7

Mean words or actions that secretly hurt people in a social group

C

catty conversation

• Offensive

7.9

A talk where people say mean things about others, often behind their backs

Surface Forms

Etymology