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Informal
.
noun
1.
temporary
(
def. 2
)
.
verb (used without object)
2.
to work as a
temporary
.
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Temp
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lollygag
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peculate
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kibitz
. Does it mean:
to spend time idly; loaf.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
chat, to converse
to spend time idly; loaf.
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Origin:
1930–35;
by shortening
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temp.
1.
temperature.
2.
temporary.
3.
in the time of.
Origin:
<
Latin
tempore
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temp
(tɛmp)
—
n
1.
a person, esp a typist or other office worker, employed on a temporary basis
—
vb
2.
(
intr
) to work as a temp
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Word Origin & History
temp
1909 (adj.), 1932 (n.), Amer.Eng., shortened form of
temporary
(job, employee, etc.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
temp.
abbr.
temperature
temporal
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
temp
temperature
temporary [employee]
TEMP
test and evaluation master plan
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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