tater

noun

ta·​ter ˈtā-tər 

1

dialect : potato

2

: home run sense 1

Examples of tater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Top with the frozen tater tots and transfer to the preheated oven. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

They’ll be served up with fresh asparagus and a couple of large taters slathered with butter, sour cream and chives. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

The Texas chili is also a thick burger-stand version superior as a topping for chili dogs — ask for the spicy mustard — or chili burgers, french fries or tater tots. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

It's topped with mozzarella and American cheese; the mixture is placed atop a bed of cheddar cheese tater tots formed into a taco shell and finished with buffalo buttermilk ranch coleslaw, garlic parmesan buffalo sauce and more tots. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for tater

• cater
• crater
• frater
• freighter
• gator
• grater
• greater
• hater
• krater
• later
• plater
• prater