Definition of tar and feather a person

tar and feather    

verb - transitive

• to punish.
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  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':
bust (one's) balls	Definitions include: to complain, scold, or nag.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
break (one's) balls	Definitions include: to complain, scold, harass, or nag as to provoke anger.
crucify	Definitions include: to punish.
slap on the wrist	Definitions include: a light punishment.
tar	Definitions include: to punish.
trunky monkey	Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left.
get off easy	Definitions include: to only get light punishment.
kneecap	Definitions include: to break one's kneecaps as a form of punishment.
make heads roll	Definitions include: to punish one or more people due to a mistake, usually in a workplace environment or business context.
lashes with a wet noodle	Definitions include: a punishment for something small.

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AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: "rain".
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
an arm and a leg	Definitions include: a lot of money.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
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Other terms relating to 'feather':
feather Indian	Definitions include: a native American.
feather in (one's) cap	Definitions include: an accomplishment.
Other terms relating to 'tar':
black tar	Definitions include: a type of heroin.
knock the tar out of	Definitions include: to beat.
tar	Definitions include: to punish.
tar bender	Definitions include: "bar tender", as spoken by a drunk person.

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