tarp
English
Etymology
Clipping of tarpaulin
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɑːp/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) enPR: tärp, IPA(key): /tɑɹp/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p
Noun
tarp (plural tarps)
- 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.
- 1934, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Tuesday, June 26 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 172):
Usage notes
- The short form might be perceived as informal, but in North American English it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.
Translations
tarpaulin
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Verb
tarp (third-person singular simple present tarps, present participle tarping, simple past and past participle tarped)
- 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.
- 2001, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting, page 136
Translations
tarpaulin
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Anagrams
- TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, trap
Lithuanian
Etymology
From tárpas, compare dialectal tar̃pu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɐ͡rp/
Preposition
tar̃p (with genitive)
- 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
- 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-.