tarp

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English

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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 June 26, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, comic strip, →ISBN, page 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 — see tarpaulin

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.

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From tárpas, compare dialectal tar̃pu.

Pronunciation

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-.

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