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'tater

'tater is the alternative form of tater.

Meaning of tater

Noun

tater (plural taters)

  1. (informal) A potato.
    • We ate them taters up real good.
  2. (US, slang) A home run.
    • Playing 14 seasons in the major leagues, the right-handed-batting Scott was a three-time All-Star and hit 271 home runs, or taters, as he called them.2013 July 29, Richard Goldstein, “George Scott, Slugger Who Boomed ‘Taters’ in Fenway, Dies at 69”, in The New York Times

Forms of 'tater

plural'taters

Questions about 'tater

What is 'tater the alternative form of?
'tater is the alternative form of tater.

Words near 'tater in the dictionary

  1. 'taches
  2. 'tain't
  3. 'taint
  4. 'tard
  5. 'tards
  6. 'tater
  7. 'taters
  8. 'tatie
  9. 'taties
  10. 'tato
  11. 'tatoe

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