- any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- coal-tar pitch.
- smoke solids or components: cigarette tar.
- to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
- of or characteristic of tar.
- covered or smeared with tar; tarred.
- to beat mercilessly: The thief had knocked the tar out of the old man and left him for dead.
- tar and feather,
- to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.
- to punish severely: She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.
- possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds: The whole family is tarred with the same brush.
- a sailor.
- any of various dark viscid substances obtained by the destructive distillation of organic matter such as coal, wood, or peat
- another name for coal tar
- to coat with tar
- to punish by smearing tar and feathers over (someone)
- regarded as having the same faults
- an informal word for seaman
