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parp, n.|pɑːp|
[Echoic.]
A honking noise, spec. that of a car horn. Hence as v. intr., to make such a noise; also trans.
1951E. 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’. 1953― Noddy at Seaside 14 ‘Parp-parp-parp!’ Yes, that was Noddy's little car, longing to be taken out into the sunshine for a drive. Ibid. 16 ‘Parp-parp!’ said the little car excitedly. 1958[see bleep n.]. 1968S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach v. 69 Outside his hotel, a horn suddenly parped. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 124 To break her reverie I parped the horn. |