natty

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnæti/ Rhymes: -æti === Etymology 1 === Originally slang, perhaps related to natural. ==== Adjective ==== natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest) (informal) Smart and fashionable. [from late 18th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Variant of knotty. ==== Adjective ==== natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest) (Jamaica, slang) Knotty. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of natural +‎ -y. ==== Alternative forms ==== nattie ==== Adjective ==== natty (comparative more natty, superlative most natty) (slang, sports, particularly bodybuilding) Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== natty (plural natties) (slang, sports, particularly bodybuilding) Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Clipping of national +‎ -y. ==== Alternative forms ==== nattie ==== Adjective ==== natty (comparative more natty, superlative most natty) (slang) National. ==== Noun ==== natty (plural natties) (slang, sports) A national championship. === References === === Anagrams === tanty == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === From English knotty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnatɪ/ Hyphenation: na‧tty === Noun === natty (plural natty dem, quantified natty) abbreviation of natty dreadlocks === Adjective === natty dreadlocked, knotty, nappy What a way yuh 'ead natty. ― Your hair's so nappy. === Verb === natty to grow dreadlocks; to grow locks 'Im natty up him head. ― He's grown his locks. ==== Derived terms ==== natty dread natty dreadlocks === Further reading === Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 401 natty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary