Meaning & use
tatted
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Made lace by looping and knotting thread with a small shuttle, a craft known as tatting.
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Her grandmother tatted delicate doilies for every holiday.
She tatted a small lace collar for the wedding dress.
A note on using this word
The lace-making craft is much older, while the informal sense meaning 'tattooed' has emerged more recently in casual speech.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Informal: covered in tattoos.
He showed off his newly tatted forearm at the party.
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