A surname.

(US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. / (US) An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.

Late; overdue or delayed. / Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. / Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. / (obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).

(obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.

plural of Tardy

(slang, derogatory) Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence. Meaning: retardation, extreme stupidity. / (rare) To be or make slow, slower or delayed.

plural of tardiness

Something which resembles such a machine, either in that it travels through time or in that its interior is or appears to be larger (or more full of information or things) than its exterior suggested.

Alternative form of TARDIS (time machine from the series Doctor Who which is larger on the inside than the outside).

plural of tardy