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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

tat up

tat up · tats up · tatted up · tatting up

To apply a tattooTo apply a tattoo.

Meaning

2 senses

(literally, transitive)To apply a tattoo.
He's tatting up that client.
(intransitive, transitive)To get tattoos.
The sailor tatted up throughout his lifetime.

Forms

tats up, tatting up, tatted up, tatted up

Base form	tat up · to tat up
3rd person singular	tats up
Present participle	tatting up
Past simple	tatted up
Past participle	tatted up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tat up
he, she, it	tats up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tatted up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have tatted up
he, she, it	has tatted up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will tat up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

tastyB1 tat tatami tate tatterB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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