Meaning

6 senses
  1. (UK, uncountable)Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.

    tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

  2. (UK, uncountable)Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.

    tourist tat

  3. (India, countable)Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).

  4. (slang)A tattoo.

  5. Some small thing, especially that which is exchanged tit for tat.

  6. (India, archaic)A pony.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tit for tat.

    Око за око. — deniko

  2. Want to play tit for tat?

  3. Coup d'états can threaten the politics.

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  4. Antonio went to si tat the table.

  5. Tom insulted me severely, but I gave him tit for tat.

    ruТом меня сильно обидел, но я ему отомстил. — urusu_tom

    deTom beleidigte mich schwer, aber ich zahlte es ihm mit gleicher Münze heim. — freddy1

Origin

From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”). From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”). Clipping of tatt

From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”).

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”).

Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there.

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Forms

plural: tats

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture:Thematic Apperception Test
  • tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar:cheapnesstackinesssleaze

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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