tar

noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually)A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. (uncountable, usually)A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
3. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).

   “Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar.”

   “a ruminating tar was[…]adorning [the wooden settle] with his jack-knife,[…]trying his hand at a ship under full sail.”

   “If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar.”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of black tar heroin.
5. A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
6. A file produced by such a program.
7. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
8. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
9. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).

verb

1. (transitive)To coat with tar.
2. (transitive)To besmirch.

   “The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.”

   “Dr. Sign: In fact, maybe you think I should get credit, but if I do, Dr. Frendall will be scorned. You know why Dr. Ellsworth: Yes, I know. Your critics will tar him with the same brush as you.”

3. (transitive)To create a tar archive.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, sometimes)Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
2. A village in Hungary.