Tater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈteɪtə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tater is a noun meaning (informal) A potato.
Meaning
(informal) A potato.
More Meanings
- (US, baseball, slang) A home run.
Example Sentences
We ate them taters up real good.
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.
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.
While Linder prefers his taters cut skinny, as they are in restaurant iterations of the dish, his co-author, the television chef Johanna Westman, says she prefers them thick, as in her Grandma Alva’s recipe.
Word Forms
- taters
Synonyms for tater
Depending on context, synonyms include murphy, potato, spud.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spud, potato, murphy, tator, patater, tetter.
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