Dictionary

tatty en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtæti/

Etymology

Clipping of potato + -y.

Meanings

1. (Geordie, Northern-England, Scotland) A potato.
   • I'm buying fucking tatties. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 245:

Forms

Relateds

'tatie · tatie · tattie

Synonyms

tater · spud

tatty en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtæti/

Etymology

From tatter + -y.

Meanings

1. Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn.
   • I have arrived to catch the 0830 TfW service to Crewe, worked by a tatty and unrefurbished 175114. As if ashamed of its appearance, it slinks into Platform 2 (instead of Platform 1, where it was expected). No announcement had been made, and we leave without any fanfare. 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
   • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.
   • Hubbard says he could easily take on more books than he would be able to sell, and some “tatty paperbacks” have such a low value that they end up getting recycled. 2025 July 22, Lucy Knight, “‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • I wish you would have smiled in the bakery Or sat on a tatty settee At a mutual friend's gathering 2007, Arctic Monkeys, “The Bakery”, in Fluorescent Adolescent:

Forms

Deriveds

tattily · tattiness

Relateds

tatterdemalionism · tatteredness

Synonyms

ratty

Translations (11)

mi tāwekoweko (ragged, worn out, torn) · mi kuha (ragged, worn out, torn) · bg дрипав (ragged, worn out, torn) · cs omšelý (ragged, worn out, torn) · bg опърпан (ragged, worn out, torn) · mi petapeta (ragged, worn out, torn) · mi karukaru (ragged, worn out, torn) · mi taretare (ragged, worn out, torn) · mi kanukanu (ragged, worn out, torn) · ro ponosit (ragged, worn out, torn) · cs ošuntělý (ragged, worn out, torn)

tatty en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtæti/

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Meanings

1. (India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
   • […] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […] 1855, Pharoah and Co, A Gazetteer of Southern India, page 553:

Forms

Relateds

tatt · tat · tatta · tatti · tati · tattee · tattie

tatty en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtæti/

Meanings

1. A kind of reggae dance move.

Forms

Relateds

tattie

tatty en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈtæti/

Etymology

From tat + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncommon) Alternative form of tat (“tattoo”).
   alt of tat

Forms

Relateds

tattie · tatty bye

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