"tarp" meaning in English

See tarp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɑːp/ [General-Australian, UK], /tɑɹp/ [US], [tʰäɹp] [Canada], [t(ʰ)a̝ɹp] (note: Ottawa Valley) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tarp.wav Forms: tarps [plural]
enPR: tärp [US] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p Etymology: Clipping of tarpaulin. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|tarpaulin}} Clipping of tarpaulin Head templates: {{en-noun}} tarp (plural tarps)
  1. A tarpaulin.
    Sense id: en-tarp-en-noun-p8HhObjF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 22 28 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 57 43

Verb

IPA: /tɑːp/ [General-Australian, UK], /tɑɹp/ [US], [tʰäɹp] [Canada], [t(ʰ)a̝ɹp] (note: Ottawa Valley) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tarp.wav Forms: tarps [present, singular, third-person], tarping [participle, present], tarped [participle, past], tarped [past]
enPR: tärp [US] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p Etymology: Clipping of tarpaulin. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|tarpaulin}} Clipping of tarpaulin Head templates: {{en-verb}} tarp (third-person singular simple present tarps, present participle tarping, simple past and past participle tarped)
  1. To cover something with a tarpaulin. Translations (to cover something with a tarpaulin): vízhatlan ponyvával befed (Hungarian), täcka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tarp-en-verb-edDs2EpN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 22 28 21

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1934 June 26, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, comic strip, →ISBN, page 172:",
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