/ˈtæti/
OriginClipping of potato.
- Geordie, Northern-England, ScotlandA potato.
“I'm buying fucking tatties.”
- IndiaA woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
“[…] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […]”
- A kind of reggae dance move.
- Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn.
“The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.”
“I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friend's gathering”
“I have arrived to catch the 0830 TfW service to Crewe, worked by a tatty and unrefurbished 175114. As if ashamed of its appearance, it slinks into Platform 2 (instead of Platform 1, where it was expec”
Formstatties(plural) · tattier(comparative) · tattiest(superlative)