noun
tater
TAY-tuh
noun
1
An informal word for a potato.
"Grandma always made mashed taters on Sundays."
"He grew rows of taters in the back garden."
2
In baseball slang, a home run.
"He crushed a tater in the bottom of the ninth to win the game."
How to Use Tater
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSlang for a potato, or (in baseball) a home run.
When to use it
Very informal and folksy; you would not use it in formal writing.
Common pairings
mashed taters
a couch tater (playful spelling of couch potato)
hit a tater
Word Forms
taters plural
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Etymology
A casual, clipped pronunciation of "potato" — the same pattern that gives 'mater for tomato and 'naner for banana.