definitions

ta-ra

/ (tæˈrɑː) /

sentence substitute

informal, mainly Northern English goodbye; farewell

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Nearby words

ta, ta ch'ing, ta ta, ta'en, ta-da, ta-ra, ta-ta, ta`izz, taal, taanith esther, taata

Word Origin for ta-ra

C20: variant of ta-ta
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Examples from the Web for ta-ra

  • And away went the music: "Ta-ra—ta—ta-ti-rip-i-ta-ta-ta-tu!"

    The Forged Note|Oscar Micheaux

  • Why do you—Tara-rara tara-ra tara-rara-ra, rarara, ta-ra, a-ra!

    Zanoni|Edward Bulwer Lytton

  • The Winnebago called it: Ne-scas-hut'-ta-ra (the bluff-walled river).

    Old Times on the Upper Mississippi|George Byron Merrick