tatt

See also: TATT, tätt, and tått

English

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Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• tat

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

1. (slang) Clipping of tattoo.

Translations

tattoo — see tattoo

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tat

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

1. (UK, gambling, slang, archaic) A die, especially one that is loaded.
   • 1897, Frances Heath Freshfield, The Wrothams of Wrotham Court, page 73:

     "Oh," said Killigrew, "you had the wit not to give yourselves out for sharpers?"
     "Yes, sir; we used common dice; not tatts."
     "You'd best keep the tatts till he's drunk," said Killigrew drily, "for I think you'll find my lord has a head on his shoulders when he's sober."

Etymology 3

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

1. Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tatti.

Noun

tatt

1. snot (nasal mucus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tatt

1. past participle of ta

   […] for de ord som du gav mig, har jeg gitt dem, og de har tatt imot dem og kjent i sannhet at jeg er utgått fra dig, og de har trodd at du har utsendt mig.

   […] for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tatt

1. past participle of ta

Swedish

Verb

tatt

1. (regional, colloquial, nonstandard) supine of ta.

   Synonym: tagit (standard)