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tatt

tatt is the clipping of tattoo.

tatt is the alternative form of tatty.

Meaning of tattoo

Noun (1)

tattoo (plural tattoos or (uncommon) tattooes)

  1. An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.
    • His shirt sleeves were turned up, so upon his brawny arms his tattooes were visible.[1890], John Law [pseudonym; Margaret Harkness], “George, the Caretaker”, in A City Girl. A Realistic Story., 2nd edition, London: Authors’ Co-operative Publishing Co., Ltd. […], →OCLC, page 21...
  2. A method of decorating a body part, usually the skin, by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

Noun (2)

tattoo (countable and uncountable, plural tattoos)

  1. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
    • Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.2017, Charles King, Cadet Days
  2. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
    • The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 69
  3. A military display or pageant.
  4. A rhythmic tapping.
    • the right hand became restless and began to beat out a silent tattoo upon the tabletop1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

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Meaning of tatty

Noun (1)

tatty (plural tatties)

  1. (Geordie, Northern England, Scotland) A potato.
    • I'm buying fucking tatties.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 245
    Synonyms:
    spud, tater

Noun (2)

tatty (plural tatties)

  1. (India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
    • […] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […]1855, Pharoah and Co, A Gazetteer of Southern India, page 553

Noun (3)

tatty (plural tatties)

  1. A kind of reggae dance move.

See all 4 meanings of tatty

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A die, especially one that is loaded.
    • "Oh," said Killigrew, "you had the wit not to give yourselves out for sharpers?"
      "Yes, sir; we used common dice; not tatts."
      "You'd best keep the tatts till he's drunk," said Killigrew drily, "for I think you'll find my lord has a head on his shoulders when he's sober."1897, Frances Heath Freshfield, The Wrothams of Wrotham Court, page 73

Adjective capitalized: TATT

TATT (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of tired all the time.

Forms of tatt

pluraltatts
alternative formtat

Questions about tatt

What does tatt mean?
Tatt means a die, especially one that is loaded.
What is tatt the clipping of?
Tatt is the clipping of tattoo.
What part of speech is tatt?
Tatt can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of tatt?
The plural of tatt is tatts.

Words near tatt in the dictionary

  1. tatsamas
  2. tatsoi
  3. TatsuJun
  4. Tatsuko
  5. Tatsumi
  6. tatt
  7. tatta
  8. tattarara
  9. tattarrattat
  10. tattas
  11. tatted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tatt (page history and authors); TATT (page history and authors); tattoo (page history and authors); tatty (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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