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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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A southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Tat people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Caucasian Persian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, countable
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noun
Clipping of tatting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
A pony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, archaic
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noun
A tattoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, archaic, slang
Topics: gambling, games
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noun
Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Some small thing, especially that which is exchanged tit for tat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of total air temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of thematic apperception test.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of turnaround time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
To make (something by) tatting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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verb
To apply a tattoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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noun
a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Thematic Apperception Test
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: projective test, projective device, projective technique
noun
tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cheapness, tackiness, sleaze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tastelessness
verb
make lacework by knotting or looping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: intertwine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
History
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tāt (“alien, stranger, pagan”).
From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”).
Unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a back-formation from tatting. Attested since the 19th century.
From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”).
Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
