Synonyms for tatter

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : tat-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæt ər

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Définition of tatter

Origin : mid-14c., "clad in slashed garments," from Old Norse toturr "rag," cognate with Old English tættec, tætteca "rag, tatter," Low German tater "tatter." The noun is attested from c.1400.

As in rent : noun opening, split
As in shred : noun tiny piece
As in tear : noun rip, cut
As in clothing : noun attire
As in rag : noun cloth
As in rag : noun annoy
As in rags : noun clothes
As in clothes/clothing : noun personal attire
As in duds : noun clothes
As in shred : verb cut into ribbons
As in fray : verb shred, come apart

Example sentences :

It had gone; no trace was left, not a tatter of cloth, not a spot of blood, nothing.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Why may you not have saved that tatter of the old gown twice seven years, then?
Extract from : « Donald and Dorothy » by Mary Mapes Dodge

You go round by Tatter Brook, says he, an climb the hill from behind.
Extract from : « Every Man for Himself » by Norman Duncan

Now quite unexpectedly we saw the "tatter of scarlet" from a new angle.
Extract from : « A Tatter of Scarlet » by S. R. Crockett

Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 » by Various

But, search as one will, not a crust or a tatter turns up in her history!
Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls

In the little brass bowl lay a blood-stained fragment of grayish hair attached to a tatter of skin.
Extract from : « The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu » by Sax Rohmer

She wished to discover what remnant, tatter or shred of her early faith still clung about her.
Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore

Whether it was the red flag that floated at the top or the thing itself he sought to tatter is uncertain.
Extract from : « The Siege of Kimberley » by T. Phelan

Only here and there toward its lower rim a tatter in it revealed the giant's rugged brown muscle of volcanic rock.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various

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