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tararabit

tararabit interjection: goodbye for now.

Interjection

  1. (Northern England, West-Midlands) Goodbye for now.
    • ‘Tararabit, bab,’ Mr P said.
      ‘See you tomorrow.’ Em already had her coat and scarf on as it was freezing standing in the shop all day.2010, Annie Murray, Soldier Girl (Hopscotch Summer; 2), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 379

Origin of tararabit

Contraction of tara + a bit, literally “goodbye [for] a bit”.

Questions about tararabit

What does tararabit mean?
Tararabit means goodbye for now.
What part of speech is tararabit?
Tararabit is an interjection.

Words near tararabit in the dictionary

  1. Tarapon
  2. Tarapons
  3. tarapoto
  4. taraquito
  5. taraquitos
  6. tararabit
  7. Tararua
  8. taras
  9. Tarascan
  10. Tarascans
  11. Taraschi

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