Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Repayment in kind, as for an injury; retaliation.
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- noun idiomatic
equivalent retribution ,an eye for an eye , returning exactly what you get. - noun Cockney rhyming slang
hat . - adjective Having the
characteristic of returning bad for bad.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an equivalent given in return
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably alteration of tip for tap.]
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strev commented on the word tit for tat
how about a nice flower illustration then?
June 17, 2009