Main Entry:

²tar

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

tarred; tar·ring

Date:

13th century

1 : to cover with tar 2 : to defile as if with tar <least tarred by the scandal — Newsweek>

— tar and feather

: to smear (a person) with tar and cover with feathers as a punishment or indignity

— tar with the same brush

: to mark or stain with the same fault or characteristic