tarp

[ tahrp ]
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Origin of tarp

1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; by shortening

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How to use tarp in a sentence

  • Rocks cropped out everywhere, and the peaty tarps were mostly bleak and frozen.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • They set up their tent, and we let them—but our way was to sleep out, under tarps (when we had tarps), in the open.

    Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. Sabin
  • We were about two hundred yards from the fire an it looked cozy an cheerful, dancin away beside the tarps.

    Friar Tuck | Robert Alexander Wason

British Dictionary definitions for tarp (1 of 2)

tarp

/ (tɑːp) /


noun
  1. US, Australian and NZ an informal word for tarpaulin

British Dictionary definitions for TARP (2 of 2)

TARP

/ (tɑːp) /


n acronym for(in the US)
  1. Troubled Assets Relief Program: a fund providing money to increase the liquidity of financial institutions

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