different between parp vs pard

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)p

Interjection

parp

1. (informal) Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.

Noun

parp (plural parps)

1. (informal) The sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.

Verb

parp (third-person singular simple present parps, present participle parping, simple past and past participle parped)

1. (informal, transitive) To sound a car horn.
2. (informal, intransitive) To make the sound of a car horn.
3. (informal, intransitive) To break wind.
4. (informal) To talk nonsense.

Anagrams

• PAPR, Rapp, appr, appr.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Etymology 1

From Middle English parde, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).

Noun

pard (plural pards)

1. (archaic) A leopard; a panther.

Etymology 2

From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.

Noun

pard (plural pards)

1. (colloquial) Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:

     He had long believed, in secret, that his old pard, Tom Terror, was the leader of the Thugs that infested the famous pass; he was confident of it now, and it would be safe to say that, as he rode along, his neck did not itch as formerly.

Anagrams

• Drap, drap, prad

Volapük

Noun

pard (nominative plural pards)

1. forgiveness

Declension