natty

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæti/

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  Rhymes: -æti

Originally slang, perhaps related to natural.[1]

natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)

1. (informal) Smart and fashionable. [from late 18th c.]
   • 1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:

     Anyway, while the creepy-video thing is under way there are also some scenes of Pullman looking very natty and East Village in all-black and jamming on his tenor sax in front of a packed dance floor (only in a David Lynch movie would people dance ecstatically to abstract jazz), […]

Variant of knotty.[1]

natty (comparative nattier, superlative nattiest)

1. (Jamaica, slang) Knotty.

   natty dreadlocks

Clipping of natural +‎ -y. Clipping of national +‎ -y.

• nattie

natty (comparative more natty, superlative most natty)

1. (slang, sports, particularly bodybuilding) Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
2. (slang) National.

natty (plural natties)

1. (slang, sports, particularly bodybuilding) Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
2. (slang, sports) A national championship

• tanty

From English knotty.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnatɪ/
• Hyphenation: na‧tty

natty (plural: natty dem or nattys dem, quantified: natty)

1. Abbreviation of natty dreadlocks.

natty

1. dreadlocked, knotty, nappy
   • 2010, Mel Cooke, “Mid-90s Rasta revolution withers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎:

     “Natty natty pon head, picky picky dung a chin. […] ”

     Dreadlocked with a scruffy beard. […]

   What a way yuh 'ead natty. ― Your hair's so nappy.

natty

1. to grow dreadlocks; to grow locks
   • 2014, Gordon Robinson, “Tainted morality”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in English):

     “By his deeds shall a man be known
     Natty up your head and worship Babylon throne […] ”

     By his deeds shall a man be known
     You've grown dreadlocks but you're still a slave to the system […]

   'Im natty up him head. ― He's grown his locks.

• natty dread
• natty dreadlocks

• Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 401
• natty – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary