tar and feather (English, verb)
expansion: tar and feather (third-person singular simple present tars and feathers, present participle tarring and feathering, simple past and past participle tarred and feathered)
Senses:
glosses: To cover (a person) in sticky tar, then cover in feathers which stick to the tar; an archaic means of humiliating a person.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: tars and feathers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tarring and feathering
tags: participle
present
form: tarred and feathered
tags: participle
past
form: tarred and feathered
tags: past
form: tar-and-feather
tags: alternative