/ta.ʁe/
Translation
mad, nuts (colloquial); a nutter
Word origin
The past participle of tarer, from tare ('a defect, a deduction in weight'), which came through Italian tara from Arabic tarh ('something taken away'). A defective thing became, in slang, a person out of their mind.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Root
- tarh
- English cognates
- tare
Grammar
Examples
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That bloke is completely nuts.
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You are mad to drive that fast.
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She called me a nutter in front of everyone.
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You would have to be mad to jump from up there.
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Those people are nuts, they shout all night.
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