tarp

[tahrp]
noun Informal.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; by shortening

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tarp (tɑːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(US), (Austral), (NZ) an informal word for tarpaulin

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Tarp is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
TARP (tɑːp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n acronym for
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Word Origin & History

tarp
1906, Amer.Eng., informal shortening of tarpaulin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
tarp
tarpaulin
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Example sentences
They did belly-flop slides on the drenched tarp, drawing applause from fans.
Heart and liver are laid on a tarp along with the other meat-food for both
  humans and dogs.
She lays the fish beside dozens of other specimens on a clear tarp.
They were constructing a huge tent, pulling a tarp over upright wooden poles
  they had lashed together.
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