Parped

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Produced a short, blaring honk, as a car horn or toy trumpet does ; informally, released gas from the bowels with a noisy sound
2. Gave out a brief, brassy toot like a horn or hooter ; in slang, let out a noisy release of intestinal gas
3. Sounded a quick, squeaky blast from a horn or similar instrument ; colloquially, passed wind audibly from the body

Etymology: "Parped" is the past tense and past participle of "parp", a verb for the short, blaring sound a horn or similar device makes. "Parp" is imitative, meaning it was formed to echo the sound it describes rather than descending from an older word with a traceable meaning. The sound itself is the whole origin, so the word's history is really the story of the noise it copies: a brief, honking "pah" that a horn gives off when pressed. Once you hear it, the link between the sound and the spelling is hard to miss, which is exactly how imitative words tend to work.

Synonyms: honked, tooted