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tit for tats

tit for tats is the plural of tit for tat.

Meaning of tit for tat

Noun (1)

tit for tat (countable and uncountable, plural tit for tats)

  1. (idiomatic) Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye.
    • If you hit me, I’ll hit you back; tit for tat.

Noun (2)

tit for tat (plural tit for tats)

  1. (Cockney, slang) A hat.
    • Fred came from Cheapside in London – an official Cockney, born within earshot of the bells of St. Mary-le-Bow – and he taught her Cockney rhyming slang. She loved its lighthearted logic: the last word in a common phrase rhymed with the word it was to replace. So "tit for tat" was "hat", and...[2005, A. R. Homer, The Sobs of Autumn’s Violins: A Novel of War and Love, Coral Springs, Fla.: Llumina Press, →ISBN, page 148
    Synonyms:
    ball and bat, titfer

Questions about tit for tats

What is tit for tats the plural of?
Tit for tats is the plural of tit for tat.

Words near tit for tats in the dictionary

  1. Tiszatenyő
  2. Tisău
  3. tit
  4. tit about
  5. tit for tat
  6. tit for tats
  7. tit fuck
  8. tit fucked
  9. tit fucker
  10. tit fuckers
  11. tit fucking

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