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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tar1 /tɑr/USA pronunciation n., v., tarred, tar•ring, adj. n. [uncountable] - Chemistrya black, thick substance that can be shaped when hot and is hard when cold, used for making roads, etc.:hot tar smeared on the highways.
- Chemistrysolid material produced when tobacco burns:cigarette tar.
v. [~ + object] - to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
adj. - of or relating to tar.
- covered or smeared with tar;
tarred.
Idioms- Idioms tar and feather, [~ + object] to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tar1 (tär),USA pronunciation n., v., tarred, tar•ring, adj.
n. - Chemistryany of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Chemistrycoal-tar pitch.
- Chemistrysmoke solids or components:cigarette tar.
- beat, knock, or whale the tar out of, [Informal.]to beat mercilessly:The thief had knocked the tar out of the old man and left him for dead.
v.t. - to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
- tar and feather:
- to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.
- to punish severely:She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.
adj. - of or characteristic of tar.
- covered or smeared with tar;
tarred. - tarred with the same brush, possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds:The whole family is tarred with the same brush.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English tarr(e), ter(re), Old English teru; cognate with Dutch, German teer, Old Norse tjara; akin to tree; (verb, verbal) Middle English terren, Old English tierwian, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Informal Termsa sailor.
- perh. short for tarpaulin 1740–50
seafarer, gob. See sailor. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tar /tɑː/ n - any of various dark viscid substances obtained by the destructive distillation of organic matter such as coal, wood, or peat
- another name for coal tar
vb (tars, tarring, tarred)(transitive)- to coat with tar
- tar and feather ⇒ to punish by smearing tar and feathers over (someone)
- tarred with the same brush ⇒ regarded as having the same faults
Etymology: Old English teoru; related to Old Frisian tera, Old Norse tjara, Middle Low German tere tar, Gothic triu treeˈtarry adj ˈtarriness n tar /tɑː/ n - an informal word for seaman
Etymology: 17th Century: short for tarpaulin |