parpv.
/pɑːp/, U.S. /pɑrp/ 1. transitive. To say or utter in a manner suggestive of a parp; to say abruptly or harshly.
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1933 Joker 3 June 1/3 ‘I haven't done much with my old banjo up to now, pup,’ I parped.
1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip i. 10 ‘Who made that awful noise?’ he parped.
1998 Smash Hits 22 May 40/1 ‘We're very democratic in steps,’ parps Lisa.
2.
a. intransitive. To produce or emit a parp; to honk.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [verb (intransitive)]
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [verb (transitive)]
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1968 S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach v. 69 Outside his hotel, a horn suddenly parped.
1987 ‘J. Gash’ Moonspender (1988) xxvi. 233 The organ drew breath, and parped into the Bridal March.
1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 4 July (Features section) One columnist whined that her underarm hair was like discovering that Grace Kelly parped in the bath.
b. transitive. To cause (esp. a car horn) to produce a parp.
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1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 124 To break her reverie I parped the horn.
1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 42 The loud, brassy noise he heard..was, in fact, other drivers parping their horns as he swerved into their paths.
2002 Independent (Nexis) 4 Dec. 8 The House chattered, cheered, hissed, trilled, and parped imaginary hunting horns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
parpint.n.
/pɑːp/, U.S. /pɑrp/ A. int.
Representing a honking sound, esp. that of a horn.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [noun]
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1936 Butterfly 9 May 4/1 Yaw! Ow! Yerp! Parp!
1951 E. Blyton Big Noddy Bk. 51 Noddy had a good little hooter on his car. When he pressed it it said ‘Pip-Pip’, and sometimes ‘Poop-Poop’, and sometimes ‘Parp-Parp’.
1958 Times 29 July 10/7 The driver honked his horn. ‘Bleep, bo-o-oop, parp.’
1997 J-17 June 16/1 (caption) ‘Parp!’ [sound of flatulence] Better out than in, eh Robbie?
B. n.
A honking sound; (hence) an instance of breaking wind (colloquial).
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1943 P. Larkin Let. 10 Nov. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 84 Are they legally entitled to say..‘this man could not command a section because he lets wind out of his anus with a sharp parp’?
1995 Guardian 20 May (Weekend Suppl.) 76/3 The gentle parp of a military band.
2003 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 30 May 30 This vision of romantic bliss..was suddenly shattered by a loud parp as the giant sea lion..plunged back into the pool.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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