Tar Definition
- To punish (a person) by covering with tar and feathers.
- To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.
- Considered or described as having the same faults or bad qualities.
- to cover (a person) with tar and feathers as in punishment by mob action
- having similar faults or obnoxious traits
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Origin of Tar
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Middle English terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą (compare West Frisian tarre, Dutch teer), from Proto-Indo-European *deru̯o (compare Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian дерево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво (dǎrvó, “tree”)), from *dóru (“tree”). More at tree.
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Middle English from Old English teru deru- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Persian تار (târ).
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Possibly short for tarpaulin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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