tarp
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//tɑɹp//
- Canada/[tʰäɹp]/
- Australia//tɑːp//
- /[t(ʰ)a̝ɹp]/
To cover something with a tarpaulin.
noun
- 1
Variant of tarpaulinClipping 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.
Etymology
Clipping of tarpaulin.
verb
- 1
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.
Forms
- plural
- tarps
- past tense
- tarped
- past participle
- tarped
- present participle
- tarping
- third person singular
- tarps
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