tat

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The explosions were followed by the rat-tat-tat -- tat-tat -- tat-tat-tat of the machine guns.

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting.
  2. noun A gene in the AIDS virus that stimulates the host cell to replicate genetic components of the virus.

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  • He'd barely managed to produce a low-level imp to qualify for Magi-accreditation, and his tat was a plain round Celtic symbol with no taste. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • Ohh yall I'm getting tat, tat, tatted up this weekend and I'm hella nervouse ...
  • It could have been a tat, they doing all types of crazy things now. they have magnetic things you can put inside of you so you can stick something on the outside of your skin.
  • Brand new mobile phone, laptop, come with ... kathy tat is a cool thing but its just to not right cause kids might buy it and at shool it mite ring or do something ... —  TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide
  • Mayb they should give a fair trail to both head-on ... tat is the requirement here ... tats all ... —  News Tom's Hardware US
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  1. Probably back-formation from tatting.
  2. t(rans)a(c)t(ivator) (gene).

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  1. Also tatt; perhaps from Icelandic tæta, tease or pick (wool), from tæta, shreds, etc.: see tate. Cf. tatting.
  2. A childish word, a variant of dad: see dad.
  3. A variant of tap; cf. tit for tat, orig. tip for tap.
  4. apparently abbreviation of tatter.
  5. from tat, n.
  6. Hindustani tāt.
  7. from Hindustani, Telugu, etc., taṭṭu, a pony.
 

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