terp
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
terp (plural terps)
- (military or Deaf slang) An interpreter (translator).
- 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times:
- But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
- 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times:
- (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
- 2009, "Dannii", IF System Idea (on newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction)
- As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.
- 2009, "Dannii", IF System Idea (on newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction)
terp (plural terps)
- Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
terp (terps, present participle terping; past and past participle terped)
- (transitive) To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).
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