Antonyms for tatter


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : tat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæt ər


Definition of tatter

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "clad in slashed garments," from Old Norse toturr "rag," cognate with Old English tættec, tætteca "rag, tatter," Low German tater "tatter." The noun is attested from c.1400.
  • As in rent : noun opening, split
  • As in shred : noun tiny piece
  • As in tear : noun rip, cut
  • As in clothing : noun attire
  • As in rag : noun cloth
  • As in rag : noun annoy
  • As in rags : noun clothes
  • As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
  • As in duds : noun clothes
  • As in shred : verb cut into ribbons
  • As in fray : verb shred, come apart
Example sentences :
  • It had gone; no trace was left, not a tatter of cloth, not a spot of blood, nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Why may you not have saved that tatter of the old gown twice seven years, then?
  • Extract from : « Donald and Dorothy » by Mary Mapes Dodge
  • You go round by Tatter Brook, says he, an climb the hill from behind.
  • Extract from : « Every Man for Himself » by Norman Duncan
  • Now quite unexpectedly we saw the "tatter of scarlet" from a new angle.
  • Extract from : « A Tatter of Scarlet » by S. R. Crockett
  • Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 » by Various
  • But, search as one will, not a crust or a tatter turns up in her history!
  • Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
  • In the little brass bowl lay a blood-stained fragment of grayish hair attached to a tatter of skin.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu » by Sax Rohmer
  • She wished to discover what remnant, tatter or shred of her early faith still clung about her.
  • Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore
  • Whether it was the red flag that floated at the top or the thing itself he sought to tatter is uncertain.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan
  • Only here and there toward its lower rim a tatter in it revealed the giant's rugged brown muscle of volcanic rock.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for tatter

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