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Tatter vs Tatted - What's the difference?

tatter | tatted |

As verbs the difference between tatter and tatted

is that tatter is to destroy an article of clothing by shredding while tatted is (tat).

As a noun tatter

is a shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.

tatter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
  • A person engaged in tatting.

    • Verb

  • To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.

    • tatted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tat)

    • tat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  • Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  • (India) Gunnycloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius or jute.
  • (slang) A tattoo.

    • Verb

  • (intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India, dated) A pony.
    • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * rat-a-tat-tat * tit for tat * tatt * tatting * tatty

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