tatter
[verb]
Synonyms: hurry, barrel, beeline, bullet, fly, haste, hasten, highball, nip, rocket

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tatter noun¹. ['tatǝ] LME.
[Old Norse tǫtrar rags (Icelandic tötur a rag, tötrar rags, tatters, Norwegian dial. totra) rel. to Old English tættec rag.]
An irregularly torn piece, strip, or scrap hanging from a piece of cloth etc.; a scrap, a rag; in pl., tattered or ragged clothing, rags.
in tatters colloq. (of a plan, argument, etc.) ruined, demolished. tear to tatters = tear to shreds s.v. SHRED noun.
■ J. Poyer The..material..had cracked in places, and a long tatter trailed along one arm. Daily Express Filthy grey curtains hung in tatters at broken windows.

■ tattery adjective full of tatters; tattered, ragged: M19.

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tatter noun². ['tatǝ] rare. L19.
[from TAT verb² + -ER¹.]
A person who tats or does tatting.

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tatter noun³. ['tatǝ] slang. L19.
[from TAT verb³ + -ER¹. Cf. TOTTER noun².]
A refuse-gatherer, a rag-collector.

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tatter verb¹. ['tatǝ] LME.
[App. back-form. from TATTERED adjective.]
1. verb trans. Make tattered; reduce to tatters. LME.
■ T. Hood Shrieking for flesh to tear and tatter.

2. verb intrans. Be or become tattered. rare. L16.
■ Dylan Thomas Our strips of stuff that tatter as we move.

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tatter verb² intrans. ['tatǝ] Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Middle & mod. Dutch tateren: see TATTLE verb.]
Talk idly, chatter, tattle.

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