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tach en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tæk/

Etymology

Clipping of tachometer.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of tachometer.
    alt of tachometer

Forms

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Deriveds

tach up

tach en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /tæt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, qualifier:costermongers) A hat.
    • I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on. c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:

Forms

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tach en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tæk/

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) Tachycardia.
    • V-tach
    • wide-complex tach

Deriveds

v-tach