tarp
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
/tɑːp/(UK)
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/tɑːp/(UK) · /tɑɹp/(US) · [tʰäɹp] · [t(ʰ)a̝ɹp]
Definition of tarp
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of tarpaulin (“covering”).
“[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.”
“{Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp, we don’t want the rug splattered.”
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noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of tarpaulin (“covering”).
“[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.”
“{Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp, we don’t want the rug splattered.”
verb
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To cover something with a tarpaulin.
“The load may be tarped for serious white water, but tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.”
name
- (US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Clipping of tarpaulin.
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