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ta-ta

/tɑːˈtɑː/

ta-ta interjection: goodbye.

Interjection

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, informal) Goodbye.
    • “[…]Well, ta-ta, sweetheart! Don′t expect me back to lunch.”1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, The Echo Library, published 2007, page 229
    • ‘No more questions? Then I′ll be off. Ta-ta.’1967, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, page 55
    Synonyms:
    bye, goodbye, hooroo

Noun

ta-ta (plural ta-tas)

  1. (plural-normally, slang) A woman's breast.

ta-ta meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

ta-ta in Tamil

ta-ta, bye-bye, goodbye
டாட்டா ṭāṭṭā

ta-ta in Malayalam

ta-ta, goodbye
റ്റാറ്റാ ṟṟāṟṟā

Synonyms of ta-ta

Forms of ta-ta

Interjection
alternative formta ta
alternative formtata
alternative formta tah
alternative formta-tah
alternative formtah tah
alternative formtah-tah
Noun
pluralta-tas

Origin of ta-ta

Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.

Phrases with ta-ta

Words that rhyme with ta-ta

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Questions about ta-ta

What does ta-ta mean?
Ta-ta means goodbye.
What is ta-ta in Tamil?
Ta-ta in Tamil is டாட்டா (ṭāṭṭā). See Ta-ta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ta-ta?
Ta-ta can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce ta-ta?
Ta-ta is pronounced /tɑːˈtɑː/.

Words near ta-ta in the dictionary

  1. Ta-hsing
  2. Ta-li
  3. Ta-lien
  4. ta-ra
  5. Ta-t'ung
  6. ta-ta
  7. ta-ta for now
  8. ta-ta theories
  9. ta-ta theory
  10. ta-tah
  11. ta-tas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ta-ta (page history and authors); டாட்டா (Tamil) (page history and authors); റ്റാറ്റാ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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