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tas

/ˈtæs/

tas is the alternative spelling of tass.

Meaning of tass

Noun (1)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A heap, pile.

Noun (2)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A cup or cupful.
    • "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet

Noun (3)

tass (plural tasses)

  1. Synonym of tasse.
    Synonyms:
    tasse

Noun (4)

tass

  1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.

See all 7 meanings of tass

Noun (1) capitalized: TAS

TAS (plural TASs or TASes)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of tool-assisted speedrun.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of tool-assisted superplay.
  3. (figuratively, slang) A particularly good play in a speedrun.

Verb (1) capitalized: TAS

TAS (third-person singular simple present TASes, present participle TASing, simple past and past participle TASed)

  1. To create or contribute to a tool-assisted speedrun or superplay.

Noun (2) capitalized: TAS

TAS (plural TASs or TASes)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of true airspeed.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: TAS

TAS

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Tasmania: a state of Australia.
  2. (abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of The Animated Show or The Animated Series, an animated cartoon TV show version of a media property.

Noun (3) capitalized: TAs

TAs

  1. (plural) plural of TA

Verb (2) capitalized: TAs

TAs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of TA

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tas

Tas

  1. (Australia, alternative) Alternative form of Tas. (Tasmania)

Forms of tas

Noun
pluraltasses
pluralTASs
pluralTASes
Verb
third-person singular presentTASes
present participleTASing
past participleTASed
pastTASed

Origin of tas

The verb sense is derived from the noun sense.

Abbreviations.

Words formed from tas

Questions about tas

What does tas mean?
Tas means a particularly good play in a speedrun.
What is tas the alternative spelling of?
Tas is the alternative spelling of tass.
What part of speech is tas?
Tas can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tas?
Tas is pronounced /ˈtæs/.
What is the plural of tas?
The plural of tas is tasses.

Words near tas in the dictionary

  1. Tarzany
  2. Tarzhay
  3. tarzie
  4. tarzies
  5. tarzy
  6. tas
  7. TAS's
  8. tas-de-charge
  9. Tas.
  10. tasajo
  11. Tasbeha

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tas (page history and authors); TAS (page history and authors); TAs (page history and authors); Tas (page history and authors); tass (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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