tach

See also: Tach and tách

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tachometer

Noun

tach (plural tachs)

  1. (informal) Tachometer

Etymology 2

Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tætʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

tach (plural taches)

  1. (obsolete, costermongers) A hat.
    • c. 1864, Stevens, Alfred Peck, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎, published 1896, page 161:
      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.

Etymology 3

Noun

tach (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.
    wide-complex tach
    V-tach

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Noun

tach n

  1. roof

References
  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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