Tatty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. {Tatties}. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
     A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a
     door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it
     enters. [India]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tatty
       adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
              "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
              and tatty curtains" [syn: {moth-eaten}, {ratty}, {shabby}]
       2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
          colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
          meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy},
           {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
           {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
       [also: {tattiest}, {tattier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatty":
     base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed,
     frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters,
     mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy,
     scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn,
     trashy