tit for tat
Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye.
If you hit me, I’ll hit you back; tit for tat.
tat
/tæt/
noun 13verb 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
due, failed, little, lost, meaningless, new, turkish
VERB + TAT
hear, mount, play, pounds, said, went
TAT + NOUN
bedouins, frock, september, sun, table
PREP.
in, in, on, up
Definitions
noun
1
Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
2
Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
tourist tat
And it agreed with the editorial cartoon which featured a newsman doing a live report in front of a smouldering building and saying, "And it seems millions of pounds of meaningless tat has been lost to the nation for ever."
3
Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).
verb
1
To make (something by) tatting.
noun
1
Clipping of tatting.
She's so swishy in her satin and tat / In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — make lacework by knotting or looping
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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tourist tat
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And it agreed with the editorial cartoon which featured a newsman doing a live report in front of a smouldering building and saying, "And it seems millions of pounds of meaningless tat has been lost t
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She's so swishy in her satin and tat / In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
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And so each morning before daybreak I am up, and having dispatched my luggage on the backs of coolies after much noise and bustle, without which no natives can work, I mount my tat as the sun begins t
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Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tats, right away I want it now.
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I'm diplomatic playing pen and pad. Rat-a-tat, you're a scaredy-catcause I have a tat put you up like that. You can't stand that cause you've got to scat.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, tat is marked as archaic, slang, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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