Definition of tar and feather
tar and feather 
verb - transitive
- to punish.
- See more words with the same meaning: to punish.
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
- to punish specifically by covering with tar and feathers.
- See more words with the same meaning: to punish.
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 24 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'to punish': | |
| Definitions include: a punishment for something small. | |
| Definitions include: a light punishment. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to break one's kneecaps as a form of punishment. | |
| Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left. "Trunky monkies" sometimes get this punishment because of poor behavior. | |
| Definitions include: to only get light punishment. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
| Definitions include: To complain, scold, harass, or nag as to provoke anger. | |
| Definitions include: to complain, scold, or nag. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'and': | |
| Definitions include: Assault and Battery | |
| Definitions include: Rain. | |
| Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: Without substance, All talk and no action | |
| Definitions include: a lot of money. | |
| Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: et cetera. | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of agreement. | |
Other terms relating to 'feather': | |
| Definitions include: a native American. | |
| Definitions include: an accomplishment. | |
Other terms relating to 'tar': | |
| Definitions include: a type of heroin. | |
| Definitions include: to beat. | |
| Definitions include: to punish. | |
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