arp

The bark of a seal.

Interjection

  1. The bark of a seal.
    • All through the prayer he made little arp! arp! noises like a baby seal. - 2001, Ruth Bell Graham, Blessings for a mother's day:
    • "ARP, ARP, ARP." George turned and saw the seal waddling down their side of the river. - 2002, Larry Mehelic, Searching for Blue-Eyed Trout:
    • Usually when I speak about arp [address resolution protocol], at least one person in the audience acts like a seal and shouts, "Arp, arp, arp!" - 2003, Chris Wolf, Troubleshooting Microsoft technologies:

Origin

Onomatopoeic.

Noun entertainment, lifestyle

  1. An arpeggiator.
    • "The arp can be applied to instruments by inserting it as a MIDI effect before your synth of choice." - 2014 June 4, Bruce Aisher, “COMPLEX ARPS”, in Attack, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2018:

Origin

Abbreviation of arpeggiator.

Forms

arps

Noun entertainment, lifestyle

  1. An arpeggio.

Origin

Abbreviation of arpeggio.

Forms

arps