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tatters

UK/ˈtætəz/US/ˈtætɚz/

tatters noun: ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc. Also the plural of tatter.

Noun

tatters pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.
    • The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago. Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Carpet-Bag”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 10

Also used as

tatters is also the plural of tatter.

tatters is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of tatter.

tatters meaning in Tagalog

tatters in Tagalog

ragged clothing, fabric, paper etc
lawing

Origin of tatters

Cognate with Old English tættec, tætteca.

Words formed from tatters

Questions about tatters

What does tatters mean?
Tatters means ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.
What is tatters in Tagalog?
Tatters in Tagalog is lawing. See Tatters meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is tatters?
Tatters is a noun.
How do you pronounce tatters?
Tatters is pronounced /ˈtætəz/ (UK).

Words near tatters in the dictionary

  1. tatteredness
  2. tatterer
  3. tatterers
  4. tattering
  5. tatterly
  6. tatters
  7. tattersall
  8. tattersalls
  9. Tattershall
  10. tatterwallop
  11. tatterwallops

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