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