Tatter

//ˈtætə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "tatter" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

ablate abrade barrel beeline bit bits bullet butt chip chunk clip clipping collop crumb cut cutting destroyed dollop

Strong matches (26)

end erode fleet flit fly fragment fray frazzle fret gob gobbet haste hasten highball hunk hurriedness in disarray in ruins in shreds in tatters

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lump modicum moiety morceau morsel nip

Related words (44)

paring particle patch piece pieces rag rags rasher rocket rub off ruined scoop scrap scraps shard shattered shaving shiver shred shreds

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slice sliver smithereen snack snatch snick snip snippet splinter stitch stump tag tatters wear wear away wear down wear off wear out wear ragged weather

Noun(4 words)

rag shred tag tag end

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

piece of cloth piece of material

Synonyms

1 entries

rag

derived from

1 entries

tat

etymologically related_to

1 entries

tattered

related to

6 entries

cloth clothing item shred tatting torn

Translations

36 translations across 17 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

λακίς noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Bulgarian

2 entries

дрипа noun (A shred of torn cloth)
парцал noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Catalan

1 entries

drap noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

碎布 noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Czech

4 entries

cár noun (A shred of torn cloth)
hadr noun (A shred of torn cloth)
rozdírat verb (to destroy by shredding)
rozedrat verb (to destroy by shredding)

Esperanto

1 entries

drapaĉo noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Finnish

2 entries

riekale noun (A shred of torn cloth)
riepu noun (A shred of torn cloth)

French

1 entries

lambeau noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Galician

4 entries

aldraxe noun (A shred of torn cloth)
farrapo noun (A shred of torn cloth)
galdrapa noun (A shred of torn cloth)
trapo noun (A shred of torn cloth)

German

2 entries

Fetzen noun (A shred of torn cloth)
Lumpen noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Ido

1 entries

rago noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Ingrian

2 entries

hohla noun (A shred of torn cloth)
räpäle noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Italian

3 entries

cencio noun (A shred of torn cloth)
straccio noun (A shred of torn cloth)
strofinaccio noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Occitan

3 entries

esquinç noun (A shred of torn cloth)
limbèl noun (A shred of torn cloth)
pedaç noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

خرقه noun (A shred of torn cloth)
پاچاوره noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Portuguese

3 entries

farrapo noun (A shred of torn cloth)
rasgo noun (A shred of torn cloth)
trapo noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Romanian

1 entries

zdreanță noun (A shred of torn cloth)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You can’t – you shan’t – you don’t – you won’t – you thing of rag and tatter, O!

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