tat

Meanings

Noun

Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).
A pony.
A tattoo.
Alternative of tatt

Verb

To make (something by) tatting.
To apply a tattoo.

Origin

From Hindi टाट
Origin unknown. Perhaps the same as etymology 1, above, or perhaps a . Attested since the 19th century.
From Hindi टट्टू
; see further etymology there.

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