tammy

See also: Tammy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtami/

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  Rhymes: -æmi

Etymology 1

Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).

Alternative forms

• tamin
• tamine
• taminy

Noun

tammy (countable and uncountable, plural tammies)

1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

Etymology 2

From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Noun

tammy (plural tammies)

1. (now rare) Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”)

Verb

tammy (third-person singular simple present tammies, present participle tammying, simple past and past participle tammied)

1. (cooking, transitive) To strain through a tammy.

Etymology 3

Short for tammy shanter.

Noun

tammy (plural tammies)

1. A tam o’shanter hat.