whale the tar out of

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tar

1 [tahr]

,noun, verb, tarred, tar⋅ring, adjective

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–noun

1.	any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.

2.	coal-tar pitch.

3.	smoke solids or components: cigarette tar.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to smear or cover with or as if with tar.

–adjective

5.	of or characteristic of tar.

6.	covered or smeared with tar; tarred.

—Idioms

7.	beat, knock, or whale the tar out of, Informal. to beat mercilessly: The thief had knocked the tar out of the old man and left him for dead.

tar and feather,

a.	to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.

b.	to punish severely: She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.

9.	tarred with the same brush, possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds: The whole family is tarred with the same brush.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME tarr(e), ter(re), OE teru; c. D, G teer, ON tjara; akin to tree; (v.) ME terren, OE tierwian, deriv. of the n.

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Slang Dictionary

whale the tar out of (so)

tv.
to spank or beat someone. (Sometimes said to a child.) : My father threatened to whale the tar out of me.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tar (v.)

in tar and feather, 1769. A mob action in U.S. in Revolutionary times and several decades thereafter. Originally it had been imposed by an ordinance of Richard I (1189) as punishment in the navy for theft. Among other applications over the years was its use in 1623 by a bishop on "a party of incontinent friars and nuns" [OED], but not until 1769 was the verbal phrase attested.

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tar
Pronunciation: 'tär
Function: noun
1 : any of various dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquids obtained bydestructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat); especially : one used medicinally tar —The Medicine Show> —see JUNIPER TAR
2 : a substance in some respects resembling tar; especially : a condensable residue present in smoke from burning tobacco that contains combustion by-products (as resins, acids, phenols,and essential oils)

Science Dictionary

tar (tär) Pronunciation Key

A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.
See coal tar.
A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.

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