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verbtatted, tatting, tats tattæt [with object]Make (a decorative mat or edging) by tying knots in thread and using a small shuttle to form lace. 用梭织法编织(装饰毯,饰边) she sometimes made dresses in the evening while Momma tatted doilies Example sentencesExamples - Drawing on her incongruous but irrepressible skills as a housewife, she had tatted lengths of batik, draped bolts of brocade, swathed silk, swagged satin, ruched, ruffed, hemmed and hawed.
- We both worked on our respective needlework projects, and I taught Lars to tat lace.
- True princesses, though, like tatting lace, embroidery, balls, affairs of the state, and so on and so on.
- ‘But I didn't have to make bread,’ she says, sitting at the table tatting lace, ginger-white hair pulled back into a ballet dancer's bun.
- I can also tat and crochet laces or other fine works.
OriginLate 19th century: back-formation from tatting. Rhymesat, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat nounPlural tats tattæt mass nounBritish informal Tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewellery, or ornaments. 〈英,非正式〉俗气(或劣质)的衣服(或首饰、装饰物) the place was decorated with all manner of gaudy tat Example sentencesExamples - Talking of Americans, a couple of them wandered into Bric Brac, one of the many shops around here selling tourist tat, and emerged with a garish, cat-shaped jug.
- Hiring a skip, we spent days clearing the place of his useless tat before we could move our own piles of useless tat in.
- Immediately outside the aquarium lies Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck's 1945 novel, but now a sardine-free street full of tourist tat.
- The girls' high-street finery, a Lycra mishmash of tat and glitter, sparkles feebly under red, yellow and purple neon strip lights.
- The World Cup has given men licence to buy all manner of tat.
- Shoes aside (for they are the most perfect, gorgeous shoes I have ever owned or am ever likely to own), Prada clothing turns out to be overpriced tat which doesn't last.
- Well, me and the wife went to Ocean Finance to buy some new furniture to replace this gaudy tat.
- Give It allows friends and relatives to donate a sum of money to a good cause instead of buying a shoddy piece of tat that's destined for the charity shop.
- Second, a belly shirt and stray tat does not make one a porn star.
- He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong.
- Stansted is a powerful architectural statement; we should respect Foster's vision and not mask it with tat.
- Which goes some way to explaining why I'm currently sitting surrounded by piles of books, items of clothing and random tat.
- Following the success of a class action suit against tobacco manufacturers, and the mooted suit against junk food companies, is there perhaps a chance of a similar suit against the purveyors of tat?
- The audience adorn themselves in patriotic tat, such as Union Jack hats and novelty polyester ties, and sing songs about Britain's greatness whilst waving plastic flags.
- Cafes, fun fairs, tat shops and arts and crafts litter the Venice beachfront, but it is the stallholders rather than the stalls themselves that provide the interest.
- And with the Easter weekend opening up before us like Goatse man's bottom, what better time to promote the best tat our country has to offer.
- But are the creators exploiting the pester power of Balamory fans willing to spend vast sums of pocket money pounds on any old piece of tat with a Balamory logo?
- Let's just say, America's great for tat.
- But the desire for all this ephemeral and disposable tat could be avoided, claim the critics, by curtailing or even banning advertising aimed directly at children.
- When you come up from the boats and get to the top of Westminster Bridge, it is heaving with tourists and whenever somewhere is heaving with tourists you'll find people trying to sell them a lot of tourist tat.
OriginMid 19th century (in the senses 'rag' and 'person in rags'): probably a back-formation from tatty. nounPlural tats tattæt informal A tattoo. 〈非正式〉文身,刺青,刺花 he wants to get his tats removed Example sentencesExamples - The tat on my forearm was only really painful when it got too close to the elbow on that arm.
- Considering you have decided on a bicep tat the pain shouldn't be too bad.
- The American Society of Dermatological Surgery puts tat regretees at over half, and the British Journal of Dermatology says three-quarters of everybody who gets a tattoo regrets it later.
- He's got tats on his giant muscles which he does not cover with a shirt.
- In about 30 seconds he had done my tatt.
- I have seen some really bad work (tatts) in my life, and I made sure I talked with and researched each artist.
- The neatest tat I've seen was on a Frenchman's wrist, a smallish cut-along-dotted-line drawing, complete with tiny scissors.
- I thought about getting a tatt for eleven years.
- Rodriguez doesn't have any tats on his wrist.
- He's even got a tatt on his shin.
- Firstly I thought I would get a tattoo but figured that the repeated shaving or waxing required to showcase the picture might wear out the tat.
- After seeing Cal's tat, I was thinking that maybe I should get one.
- The only tatt I've ever been responsible about was my back one.
nounPlural tats tattæt in phrase tit for tat verbtættat [with object]Make (a decorative mat or edging) by tying knots in thread and using a small shuttle to form lace. 用梭织法编织(装饰毯,饰边) she sometimes made dresses in the evening while Momma tatted doilies Example sentencesExamples - True princesses, though, like tatting lace, embroidery, balls, affairs of the state, and so on and so on.
- ‘But I didn't have to make bread,’ she says, sitting at the table tatting lace, ginger-white hair pulled back into a ballet dancer's bun.
- I can also tat and crochet laces or other fine works.
- Drawing on her incongruous but irrepressible skills as a housewife, she had tatted lengths of batik, draped bolts of brocade, swathed silk, swagged satin, ruched, ruffed, hemmed and hawed.
- We both worked on our respective needlework projects, and I taught Lars to tat lace.
OriginLate 19th century: back-formation from tatting. nountattæt British informal Tasteless or shoddy clothes, jewelry, or ornaments. 〈英,非正式〉俗气(或劣质)的衣服(或首饰、装饰物) the place was decorated with all manner of gaudy tat Example sentencesExamples - Which goes some way to explaining why I'm currently sitting surrounded by piles of books, items of clothing and random tat.
- Talking of Americans, a couple of them wandered into Bric Brac, one of the many shops around here selling tourist tat, and emerged with a garish, cat-shaped jug.
- Second, a belly shirt and stray tat does not make one a porn star.
- Cafes, fun fairs, tat shops and arts and crafts litter the Venice beachfront, but it is the stallholders rather than the stalls themselves that provide the interest.
- But the desire for all this ephemeral and disposable tat could be avoided, claim the critics, by curtailing or even banning advertising aimed directly at children.
- And with the Easter weekend opening up before us like Goatse man's bottom, what better time to promote the best tat our country has to offer.
- He intimates that the buyers of such tat should surely not be labelled ‘tasteless buffoons,’ and I agree the second of those words is a bit strong.
- But are the creators exploiting the pester power of Balamory fans willing to spend vast sums of pocket money pounds on any old piece of tat with a Balamory logo?
- The World Cup has given men licence to buy all manner of tat.
- Well, me and the wife went to Ocean Finance to buy some new furniture to replace this gaudy tat.
- When you come up from the boats and get to the top of Westminster Bridge, it is heaving with tourists and whenever somewhere is heaving with tourists you'll find people trying to sell them a lot of tourist tat.
- Shoes aside (for they are the most perfect, gorgeous shoes I have ever owned or am ever likely to own), Prada clothing turns out to be overpriced tat which doesn't last.
- Hiring a skip, we spent days clearing the place of his useless tat before we could move our own piles of useless tat in.
- The girls' high-street finery, a Lycra mishmash of tat and glitter, sparkles feebly under red, yellow and purple neon strip lights.
- Let's just say, America's great for tat.
- Immediately outside the aquarium lies Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck's 1945 novel, but now a sardine-free street full of tourist tat.
- Give It allows friends and relatives to donate a sum of money to a good cause instead of buying a shoddy piece of tat that's destined for the charity shop.
- The audience adorn themselves in patriotic tat, such as Union Jack hats and novelty polyester ties, and sing songs about Britain's greatness whilst waving plastic flags.
- Following the success of a class action suit against tobacco manufacturers, and the mooted suit against junk food companies, is there perhaps a chance of a similar suit against the purveyors of tat?
- Stansted is a powerful architectural statement; we should respect Foster's vision and not mask it with tat.
OriginMid 19th century (in the senses ‘rag’ and ‘person in rags’): probably a back-formation from tatty. nountattæt informal A tattoo. 〈非正式〉文身,刺青,刺花 he wants to get his tats removed Example sentencesExamples - The only tatt I've ever been responsible about was my back one.
- After seeing Cal's tat, I was thinking that maybe I should get one.
- He's even got a tatt on his shin.
- The neatest tat I've seen was on a Frenchman's wrist, a smallish cut-along-dotted-line drawing, complete with tiny scissors.
- I thought about getting a tatt for eleven years.
- The American Society of Dermatological Surgery puts tat regretees at over half, and the British Journal of Dermatology says three-quarters of everybody who gets a tattoo regrets it later.
- I have seen some really bad work (tatts) in my life, and I made sure I talked with and researched each artist.
- Firstly I thought I would get a tattoo but figured that the repeated shaving or waxing required to showcase the picture might wear out the tat.
- In about 30 seconds he had done my tatt.
- Rodriguez doesn't have any tats on his wrist.
- He's got tats on his giant muscles which he does not cover with a shirt.
- Considering you have decided on a bicep tat the pain shouldn't be too bad.
- The tat on my forearm was only really painful when it got too close to the elbow on that arm.
nountattæt in phrase tit for tat |