Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parp

/pɑɹp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: parp
IPA: /pɑɹp/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.

Informal

noun

The sound of a horn or breaking wind.

Informal

verb

To sound a horn.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To make the sound of a horn.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To talk nonsense.

Informal

noun

Initialism of polyADP-ribose polymerase.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the chromatin, polyADP-ribosylation apparently regulates the interaction of PARPs and their substrates with protein partners and DNA."

Etymology

Imitative.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɑɹp/
British English: /pɑːp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

parps (plural) parps (present, singular) parping (participle, present) parped (participle, past) parped (past)

Derived Forms

parthanatos

Rhymes With

sharp harp carp tarp scarp larp jarp escarp zarp

Questions

How do you pronounce parp?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɑɹp/.
What does parp mean?: Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.
Where does parp come from?: Imitative.

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