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Synonyms for tat


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tat
Phonetic Transcription : tæt

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Définition of tat

Origin :
  • 1882, "to do tatting," back-formation from tatting.
  • As in intertwine/interweave : verb twist around
  • As in knot : verb weave, complicate
Example sentences :
  • And they think you are resolved to break theirs: so tit for tat, Miss.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • To his uncomplicated nature the affair was still one of tit for tat.
  • Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
  • The affair now had simmered down to plain temper and tit for tat.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Well, considering Harrison's qualifications, it might still not be tit for tat.
  • Extract from : « Citadel » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • At any rate, he turned to Cæsar, and said slowly, 'Tit for tat.
  • Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • It would be only tit for tat to break open the safe and get the papers back.
  • Extract from : « Randy of the River » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • After all, I did call you a liar, so we are quits, Biarne—tit for tat.
  • Extract from : « The Norsemen in the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • And yet hearing the name, he had automatically called it "Tat's."
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • And yet the one is as good as the other: pass for pass, tit for tat, a Roland for an Oliver.
  • Extract from : « The Pocket R.L.S. » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Oich, oich, fat's tat—wha's tat—and what will she pe wantin'?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott

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