Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal or vulgar form of
potato .
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- noun UK, US, informal A
potato . - noun US, baseball, slang A
home run
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- noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One played the fiddle, and then others would play the banjo, and we had what they called the tater bugs.
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Although -- it's worth noting that "tater" is gaining heavily now.
Boing Boing: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives 2005
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A long line snaked past some vile-looking refried potato balls they called tater tots.
The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009
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A long line snaked past some vile-looking refried potato balls they called tater tots.
The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009
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A long line snaked past some vile-looking refried potato balls they called tater tots.
The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009
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A long line snaked past some vile-looking refried potato balls they called tater tots.
The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009
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yes prolly a habit acquired from texting with a flip phone..and its cute. ha thanks for readin'...love the name tater
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And we were talking earlier about this, myself and Bobby, him being a Shriver/Kennedy there's Irish blood there and me, somewhere in the back of your head there has to be a sense that as Irish people we faced a very brutal famine, which was not as people often describe as a tater blight.
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"tater" -- a quieter version of the high five -- as they leave after visiting his school.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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"tater" -- a quieter version of the high five -- as they leave after visiting his school.
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
jhall38 commented on the word tater
As a yuppie might say, "Tator."
Often followed by the word "tot."
July 13, 2008