tarp

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɑːp/
• (US) enPR: tärp, IPA^(key): /tɑɹp/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)p

Clipping of tarpaulin.

tarp (plural tarps)

1. A tarpaulin.
   • 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.

• The short form might be perceived as informal, but in North American English it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.

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.

tarp (plural tarps)

1. (humorous, chiefly Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of trap. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, trap

From tárpas, compare dialectal tar̃pu.

• IPA^(key): /tɐ͡rp/

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?

See tarpas, tarp-.