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单词 tat
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(tæt)
uncountable noun
You can use tat to refer to ornaments, used goods, cheap clothes, or other items which you think are cheap and of bad quality.
[British, informal]
...souvenir shops selling an astounding variety of tat.

tat in British English 1

(tæt)
verbWord forms: tats, tatting or tatted
to make (something) by tatting
Word origin
C19: of unknown origin

tat in British English 2

(tæt)
noun
1. 
tatty articles or a tatty condition
2. 
tasteless articles
3. 
a tangled mass
Word origin
C20: back formation from tatty

tat in British English 3

(tæt)
noun
informal short for tattoo2 (sense 2)

tat in British English 4

(tæt)
noun
tit-for-tat

TAT in American English

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tat in American English 1

(tæt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtatted or ˈtatting
1. 
to make by tatting
verb intransitive
2. 
to do tatting
Word origin
prob. back-form. < tatting

tat in American English 2

(tæt)
noun see tit for tat
Word origin
< ? tap1

Examples of 'tat' in a sentence
tat

Many of the remaining stores sell tat and the busiest ones are the charity shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some admitted keeping old tat in their fridge.
The Sun (2012)
We went to a stall to buy some tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We want to see your holiday tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So familiar that they had acquired the aura of very expensive tourist tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The first episode sees the wannabe apprentices tasked with selling cheap souvenir tat to hapless London tourists.
The Sun (2012)
Here's more of your old tat that could make you a fortune.
The Sun (2014)
And it's a splendid way of recycling old household tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We have spent December standing in line to buy tat for our loved ones.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
 Buying tat for no reason isn't going to make things better.
The Sun (2012)
Almost 5m of us took time away from family celebrations to buy tat online.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is planning to set up classes, teaching students and alumni how to invest in art without being lured into buying tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Once a hip shopping destination, it's littered with businesses selling cheap tat.
The Sun (2013)
Yes, we know it's an excuse to sell us a load of old tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And there are those tourist tat shops on Oxford Street.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He's in a flat in an expensive part of town - and wading through a load of worthless old tat.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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