Katie

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪti/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪti

Proper noun

Katie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.
    • 1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems, J.B.Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 ("Mary"):
      And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely / While "Katie" suggests brown eyes and brown tresses / Created for love and lover's caresses.
  2. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas (MKT) Railroad.
    When the Katie came through, the town's entire economy and culture changed.
  3. (poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"

References
  • Rich McComas (2004-12-05), “Holdem Secrets - 400+ Pocket Cards”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, retrieved 2008-08-07

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Katie.

Proper noun

Katie

  1. a female given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Katie.

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