different between tarp vs panaflex

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??p/
• (US) enPR: tärp, IPA^(key): /t??p/
• Rhymes: -??(r)p

Etymology

Clipping of tarpaulin.

Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

Translations

Verb

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.

Translations

Anagrams

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

Lithuanian

Etymology

From tárpas, compare dialectal tar?pu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??rp/

Preposition

tar?p (with genitive)

1. between (located in the middle of, connecting, dividing, or shared by two objects)

   Kóks skìrtumas tar?p výr? ir? móter?? - What's the difference between men and women?

   K?lias tar?p Vìlniaus ir? Ka?no - The road between Vilnius and Kaunas

2. among, amid (surrounded or encompassed by)

   Ka?p va?kui ràsti vi?t? tar?p bendraam?ži?? - How can a child find a place amongst his peers?

Derived terms

See tarpas, tarp-.