tater

[tey-ter] /ˈteɪ tər/
noun, Dialect
1.
potato.
Origin
1750-60; by aphesis, and dial. substitution of -er for final -o; see feller1
Examples from the web for tater
  • tater has a dominant personality but is easy to handle.
British Dictionary definitions for tater

tater

/ˈteɪtə/
noun
1.
a dialect word for potato
Word Origin and History for tater

1759, colloquial pronunciation of potato.

Slang definitions & phrases for tater

tater

noun
  1. A home run: the man who hit all those long taters in the American League/ Bolton insisted the outfield fences be moved in, thus allowing his own team's heavy hitters to launch their taters
  2. A potato: meat and taters/ Fry up some taters for lunch

[1960s+ Baseball; perhaps fr earlier Negro League use revived by George ''Boomer'' Scott when he joined the Boston Red Sox in 1966]