Meaning of Tater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A potato.
   informal
2. A home run.
   US, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“We ate them taters up real good.”

“I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name⟳ writ on a card onto it; and I did walk⟳ into the beef and 'taters and things about east.”

“For sandwiches, you might sink⟳ your teeth into a Cape Cod reuben with crispy cod, Swiss and coleslaw with tater tots or sweet potato fries, fried chicken and waffle sandwich with maple aioli, or bacon jam burger — maple bourbon bacon jam, gorgonzola, fried egg, arugula, tomato.”

“While Linder prefers his taters cut⟳ skinny, as they are in restaurant iterations of the dish, his co-author, the television chef Johanna Westman, says she prefers them thick, as in her Grandma Alva’s recipe.”

“Playing 14 seasons in the major leagues, the right-handed-batting Scott was a three-time All-Star and hit 271 home runs, or taters, as he called them.”

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