Meaning of Catty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.
2. A catapult.
   slang
3. The borough of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania.
   US, colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“16 Mess, make⟳ a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make⟳ a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make⟳ a Catty, another weight.”

“Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.”

“The 130,000 mou of cotton fields in (Pailichou) district of Chihchiang County have⟳ produced 17 million catties of cotton seed, and 2.5 million catties of ginned cotton have⟳ been sold to the state.”

“To limit⟳ team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat⟳ one catty of rice a day.”

““Give⟳ me your slingshot, and I'll let⟳ you have⟳ it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet⟳ the others.”

“You could also keep⟳ a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know⟳ because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle⟳ of the catty.”

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