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Meaning of TATTY

Pronunciation:  'tatee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  2. [adj]  showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
 
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 Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, in poor taste(p), loud, meretricious, moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, trashy, worn
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tat"ty\, n.; pl. {Tatties}. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a
door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it
enters. [India]
 
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