"tat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hi|टाट|gloss=thick canvas}} Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tat (countable and uncountable, plural tats)
  1. (uncountable, Britain) Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze. Tags: Britain, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-oBMG954R Categories (other): British English
  2. (uncountable, Britain) Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets. Tags: Britain, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-ALhH9MTH Categories (other): British English
  3. (countable, India) Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute). Tags: India, countable
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-yPm0jPbk Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hi|टट्टू|gloss=pony}} Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tat (plural tats)
  1. (India, archaic) A pony. Tags: India, archaic Synonyms: tattoo, tatt
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun--1m~uGzu Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|tattoo}} Clipping of tattoo Head templates: {{en-noun}} tat (plural tats)
  1. (slang) A tattoo. Tags: slang Derived forms: knuckle-tat
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-CfsmB4Hn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-noun}} tat (plural tats)
  1. (UK, gambling, slang, archaic) Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”) Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, archaic, slang Alternative form of: tatt (extra: a die, especially one that is loaded) Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-Qa7kkw2i Categories (other): British English Topics: gambling, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-noun}} tat (plural tats)
  1. Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tatty (extra: kind of woven mat or screen)
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-8Cus4~yN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Noun

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-noun}} tat (plural tats)
  1. Some small thing, especially that which is exchanged tit for tat. Related terms: rat-a-tat-tat, tit for tat, tatt, tatting, tatty
    Sense id: en-tat-en-noun-0FRolNkr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Verb

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [present, singular, third-person], tatting [participle, present], tatted [participle, past], tatted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a back-formation from tatting. Attested since the 19th century. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{back-form|en|tatting|nocap=1}} back-formation from tatting Head templates: {{en-verb}} tat (third-person singular simple present tats, present participle tatting, simple past and past participle tatted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make (something by) tatting. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to produce by tatting): käpyillä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tat-en-verb-AH3rf5f2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tæt/ Audio: En-au-tat.ogg [Australia] Forms: tats [present, singular, third-person], tatting [participle, present], tatted [participle, past], tatted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|tattoo}} Clipping of tattoo Head templates: {{en-verb}} tat (third-person singular simple present tats, present participle tatting, simple past and past participle tatted)
  1. (slang) To apply a tattoo. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-tat-en-verb-CasI9OrK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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