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TAT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: tatted    , tatting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

Synonyms:

TAT; Thematic Apperception Test

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("TAT" is a kind of...):

projective device; projective technique; projective test (any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Synonyms:

cheapness; sleaze; tackiness; tat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("tat" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Derivation:

tatty (tastelessly showy)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make lacework by knotting or looping

Synonyms:

intertwine; tat

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "tat" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

"Tat" entails doing...:

knot (make into knots; make knots out of)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

tatting (the act or art of making handmade lace)

Credits

 Context examples: 

RAT—tat-tat, RAT—tat-tat, RAT—tat-tat.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)