Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tar-and-feather

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables
tar-and-feath-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of tar and feather.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

tar-and-feathers (present, singular) tars-and-feathers (present, singular) tar-and-feathering (participle, present) tarring-and-feathering (participle, present) tar-and-feathered (participle, past) tar-and-feathered (past) tarred-and-feathered (participle, past) tarred-and-feathered (past)

Questions

What does tar-and-feather mean?
Alternative form of tar and feather.

How to pronounce tar-and-feather

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