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tat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tat has 2 senses
- tat(n = noun.attribute) cheapness, sleaze, tackiness - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar; Array is a kind of tastelessness
- tat(n = noun.act) thematic apperception test - a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture; Array is a kind of projective device, projective technique, projective test
Derived form adjective tatty2
Verb tat has 1 sense
- tat(v = verb.creation) intertwine - make lacework by knotting or looping; Array is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Derived form noun tatting2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
tat, n. [Hind. tāt.].
Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius , or jute. [1913 Webster]
tat, n. [Hind. tatt.].
A pony. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tat, n. colloq.
1 a tatty or tasteless clothes; worthless goods. b rubbish, junk.
2 a shabby person.
1 a tatty or tasteless clothes; worthless goods. b rubbish, junk.
2 a shabby person.
tat, v. (tatted, tatting)
1 intr. do tatting.
2 tr. make by tatting.
1 intr. do tatting.
2 tr. make by tatting.
tat, see TIT(2).
ROGET THESAURUS
tat
Junction
VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.Crossing
VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.
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