different between terp vs terr

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

Abbreviated form of terrorist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

terr (plural terrs)

1. (derogatory, Rhodesia) A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.
   • 2008, Alexandre Binda, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 30° South Publishers, page 92:

     As he entered the trees, he called, "Terrs left about one minute ago – in a hurry. There is abandoned equipment – no time to collect – moving east on tracks."

   • c. 1970, John Edmond, Black Boots (song), in Troopiesongs (album):

     If a terr's on the run or if he goes to ground,

     It doesn't really matter 'cause they'll hunt him down.

     And if that terr's the first that shoots,

     He got no chance against the Black Boots.

   Synonyms: floppy, gook

Albanian

Etymology

A t- prefixed oblique case of err.

Noun

terr m (indefinite plural terra, definite singular terri, definite plural terrat)

1. dark

See also

• err

Derived terms

• terrtohem

Related terms

• err

Middle English

Noun

terr

1. Alternative form of ter