TAT (tatted, tatting)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does TAT mean? 

• TAT (noun)
  The noun TAT has 2 senses:

1. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
2. a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

  Familiarity information: TAT used as a noun is rare.

• TAT (verb)
  The verb TAT has 1 sense:

1. make lacework by knotting or looping

  Familiarity information: TAT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAT (noun)

Meaning:

Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

sleaze; tat; cheapness; tackiness

Hypernyms ("tat" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Meaning:

A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Thematic Apperception Test; TAT

Hypernyms ("TAT" is a kind of...):

projective device; projective technique; projective test (any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations)

• TAT (verb)

Meaning:

Make lacework by knotting or looping

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

tat; intertwine

Hypernyms (to "tat" is one way to...):

create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)

"Tat" entails doing...:

knot (make into knots; make knots out of)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something