Tarped vs Terped - What's the difference?
tarped | terped |
(tarp)
Short form of tarpaulin.
* 1986 , , Concrete: Under the Desert Stars , Dark Horse Books
To cover something with a tarpaulin.
* 2001 , Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting , page 136
(terp)
(military, or, Deaf, slang) An interpreter (translator).
* 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 )
Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
As verbs the difference between tarped and terped
is that tarped is past tense of tarp while terped is past tense of terp.tarped
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * * *tarp
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(wikipedia tarp)Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- {Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp , we don’t want the rug splattered.
Usage notes
* The short form might be perceived as informal, but it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.Verb
(en verb)- The load may be tarped' for serious white water, but ' tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.
Etymology 2
Anagrams
* part * prat * rapt * trap ----terped
English
Verb
(head)terp
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of (interpreter).Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.