TAR-AND-FEATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tar-and-feather mean? 

• TAR-AND-FEATHER (verb)
  The verb TAR-AND-FEATHER has 1 sense:

1. smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment

  Familiarity information: TAR-AND-FEATHER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAR-AND-FEATHER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The thief was tarred and feathered

Hypernyms (to "tar-and-feather" is one way to...):

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

"Tar-and-feather" entails doing...:

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody