parp
/pɑɹp/interjection, noun, verb
parp is spelled P-A-R-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, parp means “Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in parp?
| Letters | 4: P-A-R-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is parp?
Parp appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce parp?
- UK /pɑːp/
- US /pɑɹp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-parp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with parp?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as parp from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹp/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of parp
- parps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- parping participle, present
- parped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
informalRepresenting the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind.
noun
- 1
informalThe sound of a horn or breaking wind.
verb
- 1
informalTo sound a horn.
- 2
informalTo make the sound of a horn.
- 3
informalTo break wind.
- 4
informalTo talk nonsense.
noun
- 1
Initialism of polyADP-ribose polymerase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does parp come from?
Imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).