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tat.

Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tæt/
  1. Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.

    UK · uncountable
  2. Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.

    UK · uncountable
    tourist tat
  3. Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).

    India · countable
Where this word comes from

From Hindi टाट (ṭāṭ, “thick canvas”).

verb/tæt/
  1. To make (something by) tatting.

    intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a back-formation from tatting. Attested since the 19th century.

noun/tæt/
  1. A pony.

    India · archaic
Where this word comes from

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū, “pony”).

noun/tæt/
  1. A tattoo.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there.

verb/tæt/
  1. To apply a tattoo.

    slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

Clipping of tattoo; see further etymology there.

noun/tæt/
  1. Some small thing, especially that which is exchanged tit for tat.

noun/tæt/
  1. Clipping of tatting.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a back-formation from tatting. Attested since the 19th century.

noun/tæt/
  1. Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”).

    UK · alt-of · alternative · archaic · slang
noun/tæt/
  1. Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”).

    alt-of · alternative
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.