tatter

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Apparently a back-formation from tattered.

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

  1. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
    • 1896, “Well You're a Pretty Kind of Fellow”, William S. Gilbert (lyrics), Sir Arthur Sullivan (music):
      You can’t – you shan’t – you don’t – you won’t – you thing of rag and tatter, O!
Translations

Verb

tatter (third-person singular simple present tatters, present participle tattering, simple past and past participle tattered)

  1. (transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
  2. (intransitive) To fall into tatters.

Etymology 2

tat +‎ -er

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

  1. A person engaged in tatting.
Translations

German

Pronunciation

Verb

tatter

  1. inflection of tattern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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