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Meanings of tat in English

Catalan
sordidesa

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.

sordidesa
Russian
татский язык
Portuguese
língua tat
Spanish
idioma tati
Catalan
tati

Language.

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татский язык
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Examples for "cheapness"
Examples for "cheapness"
1
Of course, long-term cheapness doesn't automatically make a company a takeover target.
Reuters
2
Elegance and cheapness are combined in a remarkable degree in this edition.
What is Darwinism?
3
The lure of the cheapness of the merchandise overcomes all other considerations.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 / 1583-1588 ...
4
The effect of this cheapness is great in every department of industry.
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market
5
The cheapness of wind-carriage may be set against the overproduction of pollen.
Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism
1
Simpson is 100 percent unadulterated sleaze, said a lawyer for Goldman's father.
Ebony
2
The attraction of Soho is its independent shops and broad, homely sleaze.
The Guardian
3
We're supposed to be getting to know each other, you Syndic... sleaze.
Perilous Shield
4
The Conservative Party in Britain has been hit by a new sleaze scandal.
Radio NZ
5
It's an old-fashioned Raymond Chandler crime caper repainted with 70s sleaze.
The Guardian
1
He felt the tackiness of the sap on his skin and clothes.
Book Two: Descent
2
You waved your damp palms around as they dried to tackiness.
The whole world: a novel
3
Every year we love to hate the tackiness and saccharine sentimentality.
The Guardian
4
Some of the concerns raised on Twitter include tackiness if you can believe that.
The South African
5
It would even be possible to make that 80s hallmark of tackiness, the tobacco grad.
Wired
Spanish
entrelazar

Make lacework by knotting or looping.

entrelazar

A marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment permanently for decorative or other reasons.

Usage of tat in English
1
Check and balance; tit for tat; give and take; loss and profit.
Dayworld
2
But pockets of violence remain and tit-for-tat killings on both sides continued.
Reuters
3
This time, though, there is no obvious way to end the tit-for-tat.
Reuters
4
Tit-for-tat killings continue and Seleka fighters still occupy pockets of the country.
Reuters
5
The descent of Anglo-Russian relations into a tit-for-tat row is quite spectacular.
The Guardian
6
Tit-for-tat scoring was the order of the day for the first quarter.
The Irish Times
7
As for myself, I continued to sit in the shade and tat.
Spanish Doubloons
8
At the rat-tat-tat of the knocker her heart flew into her mouth.
To-morrow
9
Minerva had a small tat on the inside of her left wrist.
Shadowlight
10
Like I say, a tat is on my body, so it's personal.
The Guardian
11
The voices broke off, and a rat-tat sounded on the front door.
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
12
He also took to Instagram to share video of the small tat.
Ebony
13
There's less plasticky tat than you might expect in a gift shop.
The Guardian
14
Something made a rat, tat, tat on the cover of the box.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
15
A thundering rat-tat-tat at the hall door brought Jones to his feet.
The Man Who Lost Himself
16
You've helped me all right; and tit for tat is fair play.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
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Translations for tat
Portuguese
língua tat
Tat through the time
Tat across language varieties
Ireland
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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