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

coal-tar pitch.

smoke solids or components

cigarette tar.

to smear or cover with or as if with tar.

of or characteristic of tar.

covered or smeared with tar; tarred. ?

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

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

to punish severely

She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.

tarred with the same brush

possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds

The whole family is tarred with the same brush.

noun

jack , jack-tar , mariner , navigator , sea dog , seafarer , seaman , asphalt , gob , pitch , sailor , salt , seadog , waterdog