tater

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See also: tatér, tâter, and Täter

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "British" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈteɪtə/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: tāʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈteɪtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(r)

Noun

tater (plural taters)

  1. (British, US, informal) A potato.
    We ate them taters up real good.
  2. (US, baseball, slang) A home run

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