different between terp vs lerp

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??p/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p

Etymology 1

Clipping of interpreter.

Noun

terp (plural terps)

1. (military or Deaf slang) An interpreter (translator).
2. (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).

Alternative forms

• 'terp

Etymology 2

Clipping of terpene.

Noun

terp (plural terps)

1. Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.

Verb

terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)

1. (transitive) To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).

Etymology 3

Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.

Noun

terp (countable and uncountable, plural terps)

1. (dated, slang) Dance.

Derived terms

• terpery

Verb

terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)

1. (transitive, dated, slang) To dance.

Etymology 4

From Dutch terp (“terp”).

Noun

terp (plural terps or terpen)

1. An artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding.

Further reading

• Terp (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -pter, PERT, pert, pret.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurp?, *þrep? (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?rp/
• Hyphenation: terp
• Rhymes: -?rp

Noun

terp m (plural terpen, diminutive terpje n)

1. artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide

Synonyms

• wierde

Derived terms

• Terpstra

Anagrams

• pret, rept

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thorp, therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?rp/

Noun

terp c (plural terpen, diminutive terpke)

1. artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide
2. (archaic) village

   Synonym: doarp

Derived terms

• Terpstra

Descendants

• ? Dutch: terp

Further reading

• “terp”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

lerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)

1. (uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves
   • 2010 Wendy Zukerman, "Receding gums", New Scientist, 11 september 2010, pg 44

     These insects sit on the veins of tree leaves, sucking their sap and excreting a sugary solution known as lerp.

2. One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.

Etymology 2

Noun

lerp (plural lerps)

1. (mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of linear interpolation.

Verb

lerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)

1. (mathematics, computing) to interpolate linearly

Anagrams

• LPer, Perl, RELP, REPL, repl.