Meanings
tach1
tach2
nountach (plural taches)
plural taches
- obsoletecostermongersA hat.
I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161
tach3
nountach (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmeasuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
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Origin
tach · noun
Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
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Rhymes with tach
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APA
tach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tach
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“tach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tach. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tach.
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