Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A potato.

    We ate them taters up real good.

  2. (US, slang)A home run.

More definitions
  • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I'll make some tater tots for the kids.

    Я зроблю дітям картопляних кульок.

    deIch mache ein paar Kartoffelbällchen für die Kleinen.

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  2. I like tater tots.

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Origin

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“toma

Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”).

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Forms

plural: taters
Singulartater
Pluraltaters

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedtatie
Derivedtaterstater tot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tattatamitatetatterB2tattle
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