"tarpit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tarpits [plural]
Etymology: tar + pit Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tar|pit}} tar + pit Head templates: {{en-noun}} tarpit (plural tarpits)
  1. A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (lake of asphalt): asfalttijärvi (Finnish), fosse à bitume [feminine] (French), lac d’asphalte [masculine] (French), смоляна́я я́ма (smoljanája jáma) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tarpit-en-noun-rtV8cKEJ Disambiguation of Geology: 35 33 33 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of 'lake of asphalt': 96 4
  2. (computing) A service that purposely delays incoming connections in order to reduce the effectiveness of spamming and similar techniques. Categories (topical): Computing, Geology
    Sense id: en-tarpit-en-noun-sNZhp-kP Disambiguation of Geology: 35 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 51 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 43 33 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Turing tarpit Related terms: tar baby (english: another term related to tar and to trapping or bogging down)

Verb [English]

Forms: tarpits [present, singular, third-person], tarpitting [participle, present], tarpitted [participle, past], tarpitted [past]
Etymology: tar + pit Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tar|pit}} tar + pit Head templates: {{en-verb|tarpits|tarpitting|tarpitted}} tarpit (third-person singular simple present tarpits, present participle tarpitting, simple past and past participle tarpitted)
  1. (transitive, computing) To delay by means of a tarpit service. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Geology
    Sense id: en-tarpit-en-verb-zpgVK-EI Disambiguation of Geology: 35 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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