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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahr]
- /tɑr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [tahr]
- /tɑr/
Definitions of untarred word
- noun untarred any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood. 2
- noun untarred coal-tar pitch. 2
- adjective untarred of or characteristic of tar. 2
- idioms untarred beat / knock / 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. 1
- idioms untarred 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. 1
- idioms untarred tarred with the same brush, possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds: The whole family is tarred with the same brush. 1
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Origin of untarred
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English tarr(e), ter(re), Old English teru; cognate with Dutch, German teer, Old Norse tjara; akin to tree; (v.) Middle English terren, Old English tierwian, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Untarred
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
untarred popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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