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How to use tat in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb

Tat means cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze. Example: “(non-final) ancien régime, coup d'état, décor, déjà vu, détente, élite, résumé, séance.”

Examples of tat by meaning

nounCheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.

  • And it agreed with the editorial cartoon which featured a newsman doing a live report in front of a smouldering building and saying, "And it seems millions of pounds of meaningless tat has been lost to the nation for ever."2004 May 28, Thomas Sutcliffe, “Why Britart is a burning issue”, in The Independent

nounA tattoo.

  • Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tats, right away I want it now.1998 November 17, “Americana” (track 22), in Supercharged: Worldwide in '25, performed by The Offspring
  • Rat-a-tat, you're a scaredy-catcause I have a tat put you up like that.1999 September 14, “I Can't Wait” (track 2), in Nigga Please, performed by Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Real as these tats on my body, and it's Killuminati.1999 December 21, “Killuminati” (track 11), in Still I Rise, performed by Tupac and Outlawz

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

  • The article seems an attempt at tit-for-tat; but there is too little tat, even in Bedouins, to provoke such a maze of tit as is found in “'Bedouins' and Nomads.”1920, The Creighton Chronicle, page 294
  • At the U.S. planning sessions, it was not uncommon to hear someone say, "Just remember, when you're negotiating tit-for-tat, it's better to concede the occasional small tat to your opponent and keep the big tits for yourself."2002 May 1, G.H. Spaulding, C-C-Cold War Syndrome Or, Remember, It's Break Ground and Fly into the Wind, AuthorHouse, →ISBN
  • Not tit-for-tat, but more like ten tits for every tat.2006 08, Michael Riggs, Edicts of Ares: 13 Absolute Rules of Warfare, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 112

More sentences with tat

  • (non-final) ancien régime, coup d'état, décor, déjà vu, détente, élite, résumé, séance.From the entry ◌́
  • The sailor tatted up throughout his lifetime.From the entry tat up
  • In short, “Cruise” is bro-country: music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude.2013 August 11, Jody Rosen, “Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country”, in New York Magazine. From the entry tatted
  • Most "tatted up" convicts wear long sleeve shirts to cover the tattoos and track marks.1994, The Voice of California Justice, volume 41, number 3, California State Judges, Marshals and Constables Association. From the entry tatted
  • Dopeness is not a catchprase to be memed on Twitter, tatted on a forearm, or spray painted on a city block.2022 October 18, Charity C. Elder, “Preface: A Black Woman’s Gaze”, in Power: The Rise of Black Women in America, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse…. From the entry spray paint
  • “Did you see my new tattoo?” Pulling her halter aside, the flirt revealed her new tat, Grand scrawled across her breast.2003, J Sebastian, The Bridge is Over, page 26. From the entry silicones
  • Eleanor wore a green silk dress to bring out here eyes, with an ivory tatted collar and reticule to match.1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 150. From the entry reticule
  • Initial indications appear in the story surrounding “the first certain event of Athenian history”—the attempted coup d’état of the nobleman Kylon.1990, Philip Brook Manville, “Laws, Boundaries, and Centralization”, in The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens, Princeton, N.J.…. From the entry Kylon
  • Beaumarchais n’eut aucun mal, avec le concours de Rochford sans doute, à mettre ces deux coquins hors d’état de nuire.1977, Frédéric Grendel, translated by Roger Greaves, “The Sex of the Dragoon”, in Beaumarchais: The Man Who Was Figaro, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry squiblet
  • So could Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch be planning a similar coup d’état with Garoppolo by exchanging him for soon-to-be free agent Tom Brady?2020 March 5, Matt Barrows, “Here’s everything the 49ers have said about Jimmy Garoppolo since the Super Bowl”, in The Athletic, New York…. From the entry dot-connection
  • Lenin, of course, was not a 'Blanquist' in the sense of envisaging a coup d'état which a small group of conspirators, properly prepared, could carry out at any moment.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford…. From the entry elemental
  • An officer from the dragoons and an officer from the chasseurs joined the état major and were used by the General to take orders to their respective regimental commanders.1914, Journal of the United States Cavalry Association, page 435. From the entry état major

Meaning of tat

  1. noun Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  2. noun Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  3. noun Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).

Full definition of tat

Questions about tat in a sentence

How do you use tat in a sentence?
Tat is used as a noun and verb. For example: “(non-final) ancien régime, coup d'état, décor, déjà vu, détente, élite, résumé, séance.”
What is a short sentence with tat?
“The sailor tatted up throughout his lifetime.”
What does tat mean?
Tat means cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.

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