Tat Definition
tăt
tats, tatted, tatting, tatts
verb
tats, tatted, tatting
To do tatting or produce (something) by tatting.
American Heritage
To make by tatting.
Webster's New World
To tattoo.
American Heritage
To do tatting.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
tats
A gene in the AIDS virus that stimulates the host cell to replicate genetic components of the virus.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World
The protein encoded by this gene that is a potent transactivator of viral replication.
American Heritage Medicine
A mark or design made on the skin; a tattoo.
American Heritage
A member of this people.
Wiktionary
abbreviation
Webster's New World
pronoun
An Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.
Wiktionary
A southwestern Iranian language spoken by the Tat people.
Wiktionary
Origin of Tat
Probably back-formation from tatting
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
t(rans)a(c)t(ivator) (gene)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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