Parping

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Sounding a brief, loud, honking blast like a car horn or old-fashioned bicycle horn ; a crude British slang term for releasing gas from the bowels
2. Emitting a short, harsh honk such as a vehicle horn makes ; an informal British slang expression meaning to break wind
3. Giving off a quick, loud tooting noise like a horn ; a colloquial British term for flatulence

Etymology: "Parping" is the present participle and gerund of "parp," a verb for the short, blaring sound of a horn. Its origin is onomatopoeic: the word imitates the noise itself, so the sound seems to have come first and the word followed it. The same kind of sound-based formation appears in many words for quick, sharp noises, such as "beep" and "toot." The verb is inflected for the continuous aspect of "parp," so "parping" describes an ongoing action, as in a car parping its horn at a slow driver. Because the verb is imitative, its spelling and sound reflect the horn's own blare rather than any older root shared with other words.

Synonyms: honk, beep, toot