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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tatt (plural tatts)
- (slang) Clipping of tattoo.
Translations
Etymology 2
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Noun
tatt (plural tatts)
- (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)
- Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”)
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tatti.
Noun
tatt
- snot (nasal mucus)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
tatt
- 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
- past participle of ta
Swedish
Verb
tatt
- (regional, colloquial, nonstandard) supine of ta
- Synonym: tagit (standard)