Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the tar out of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: the -tar out of
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.

Informal

Example Sentences

"It had been common gossip along the wharves at home that young Edwards had grown able to lick the tar out of Yerner."

Usage

Informal

Synonyms

the stuffing out of seven bells out of seven hells out of the bejeebers out of the bejesus out of the crap out of the daylight out of the daylights out of the devil out of the dickens out of the flying fuck out of the fuck out of

Questions

What does the tar out of mean?: Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.

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