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ALL meanings of tarring

tar
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  • noun tarring any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood. 1
  • noun tarring coal-tar pitch. 1
  • noun tarring smoke solids or components: cigarette tar. 1
  • verb with object tarring to smear or cover with or as if with tar. 1
  • adjective tarring of or characteristic of tar. 1
  • adjective tarring covered or smeared with tar; tarred. 1
  • idioms tarring 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 tarring 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 tarring 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
  • noun tarring the act of coating something with tar 0
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