tata

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noun

A woman's breast.

OriginFrench tette ← Old English titt →
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Meanings

tata1

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of ta-ta (“goodbye”).

tata2

nountata (plural tatas)

plural tatas · alternative ta-ta

  1. plural normallyslangA woman's breast.

    What did you guys talk about? / Just, like, our lives, our hopes, our fears. I didn't even compliment tatas once, damn it. / That's how real relationships happen.

    2021, Robia Rashid, “Dessert at Olive Garden” (15:22 from the start), in Michael Medico, director, Atypical, season 4, episode 10, spoken by Paige and Zahid (Jenna Boyd and Nik Dodani), via Netflix

Tata3

proper noun
  1. A surname. found in India.

TATA4

proper noun
  1. rail transportThe station code of Tatanagar Junction railway station in India.
phrase
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of there are thousands of alternatives (a rebuttal to the political slogan TINA).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tatanagar

Origin

tata · interjection

Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.

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tata · noun

  1. Old Englishtitt
  2. Frenchtette
  3. Englishtata

Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related to teat, tit. Possibly borrowed through French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or Old English titt. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

tata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tata

MLA

“tata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tata. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tata,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tata.

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