tater
See also: tatér, tâter, and Täter
English
Alternative forms
- tader
Etymology
Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”) and 'mater (“tomato”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈteɪtə/
Audio (RP) (file) - (US) enPR: tāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈteɪtɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
tater (plural taters)
- (Britain, US, informal) A potato.
- We ate them taters up real good.
- (US, baseball, slang) A home run
Derived terms
- later, tater
- taters
- tater tot
See also
- patater
Anagrams
- Ratte, Treat, atter, ratte, teart, tetra, tetra-, treat
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tater m (definite singular tateren, indefinite plural tatere, definite plural taterne)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
tater m (definite singular tateren, indefinite plural taterar, definite plural taterane)
- (sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)
References
- “tater” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “tater”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016