Tarps Off
What does Tarps Off mean?
Tarps Off is slang, especially in hockey culture, for taking off your shirt, often as a hype call at celebrations, parties, or games.
Tarps Off used in a sentence
“When the team clinched the championship, the captain yelled 'tarps off' and the whole locker room went shirtless.”
This example shows the term in context rather than treating the definition as a literal word-for-word substitution. Slang often depends on tone, audience, and the conversation around it.
How do you use Tarps Off?
'Tarp' is hockey slang for a shirt or sweater, so 'tarps off' means shirts off. It is used as a rowdy celebration cue in locker rooms, at parties, and among fans, and it later became the name of a baseball-fan trend of crowds going shirtless in the stands. It is playful but can be inappropriate in more formal settings.
Where did Tarps Off come from?
The phrase comes from hockey culture, where players remove their jerseys after games, and the NHL featured it in a 'Slang 101' explainer with players TJ Oshie and Anthony Duclair. Some writers argue it may be a corruption of 'tops off,' and its exact origin is uncertain. In the mid-2020s it spread to baseball crowds as the viral 'Tarps Off' fan movement.
Common variations of Tarps Off
tarp off
A singular version of the same call.
Tarps Off: frequently asked questions
What does tarp mean in hockey slang?
A tarp is a shirt, sweater, or jersey.
Is tarps off only used in hockey?
No. It started in hockey culture but spread to parties and to baseball fans through the shirtless 'Tarps Off' trend.