tarp

tarp

English

Etymology

Clipping of tarpaulin

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɑːp/

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• (US) enPR: tärp, IPA^(key): /tɑɹp/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p

Noun

tarp (plural tarps)

1. A tarpaulin.
   • 1934, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Tuesday, June 26 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 172):

     [Ignatz, under the rain:] It's a good thing I had this tarp handy. [...] / [Officer Pupp:] Gimme that canvas, it's much more important that I keep dry.

   • 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books

     {Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp, we don’t want the rug splattered.

Usage notes

• The short form might be perceived as informal, but in North American English it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.

Translations

tarpaulin

Dutch: zeildoek (nl) n (Flemish, dialectal) bâche f Finnish: pressu (fi) German: Persenning (de) f Hungarian: vízhatlan ponyva Navajo: níbaal Norwegian: presenning m Russian: тент (ru) (tent), брезе́нт (ru) m (brezént) Slovene: ponjava f Spanish: lona (es) f Swedish: presenning (sv) c

Verb

tarp (third-person singular simple present tarps, present participle tarping, simple past and past participle tarped)

1. To cover something with a tarpaulin.
   • 2001, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting, page 136

     The load may be tarped for serious white water, but tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.

Translations

tarpaulin

Dutch: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: vízhatlan ponyva Swedish: täcka (sv)

Anagrams

• TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, trap

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From tárpas, compare dialectal tar̃pu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐ͡rp/

Preposition

tar̃p (with genitive)

1. between (located in the middle of, connecting, dividing, or shared by two objects)

   Kóks skìrtumas tar̃p výrų ir̃ móterų? - What's the difference between men and women?

   Kẽlias tar̃p Vìlniaus ir̃ Kaũno - The road between Vilnius and Kaunas

2. among, amid (surrounded or encompassed by)

   Kaĩp vaĩkui ràsti viẽtą tar̃p bendraam̃žių? - How can a child find a place amongst his peers?

Derived terms

See tarpas, tarp-.