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Tat is defined as knotting or looping thread to make lace.

(verb)

An example of tat is when you use a crochet hook and thread to make lace.

The definition of tat is tacky or tasteless clothes or accessories.

(noun)

Large pieces of tacky fake jewelry are an example of tat.

See tat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb tatted, tatting

to make by tatting

Origin: prob. back-form. < tatting

intransitive verb

to do tatting

noun

Origin: < ? tap

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See tat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intr. & tr.v. tat·ted, tat·ting, tats

To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting.

Origin:

Origin: Probably back-formation from tatting

also TAT

noun

A gene in the AIDS virus that stimulates the host cell to replicate genetic components of the virus.

Origin:

Origin: t(rans)a(c)t(ivator) (gene)

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