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Definition of tat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tat

noun
 
/tæt/
 
/tæt/
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  1. [uncountable] (British English, informal) goods that are cheap and of low quality
  2. (also tatt)
     [countable] (informal) a tattoo (= a picture or design that is marked permanently on a person’s skin by making small holes in the skin with a needle and filling them with coloured ink)
    • She has tats over most of her body.
    3. see also tit for tat
    Word Originmid 19th cent. (in the senses ‘rag’ and ‘person in rags’): probably a back-formation from tatty.
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