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tater

/ˈteɪtə/US/ˈteɪtɚ/

tater noun: a potato.

Noun

tater (plural taters)

  1. (informal) A potato.
    • We ate them taters up real good.
    • I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east.1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198
  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

pluraltaters
alternative formtader
alternative form'tater

Origin of tater

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”).

Words formed from tater

Phrases with tater

Words that rhyme with tater

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Questions about tater

What does tater mean?
Tater means a potato.
What part of speech is tater?
Tater is a noun.
How do you pronounce tater?
Tater is pronounced /ˈteɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of tater?
The plural of tater is taters.

Words near tater in the dictionary

  1. tatees
  2. tategyoji
  3. Tatem
  4. Tatems
  5. Tateng
  6. tater
  7. tater tot
  8. tater tots
  9. taterapox
  10. tateril
  11. taterils

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