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Sumps
- noun - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
Swaps
- noun - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
Swops
- verb - an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
- exchange or give (something) in exchange for
- move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
Tamps
- noun - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
Tarps
- noun - waterproofed canvas
Temps
- noun - a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Traps
- noun - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- a hazard on a golf course
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
- informal terms for the mouth
- place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
Trips
- noun - a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
- a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
- cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up"
- get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend"
- make a trip for pleasure
- miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
Turps
- noun - volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
Vamps
- noun - a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- act seductively with (someone)
- an improvised musical accompaniment
- make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
- piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
- piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe
- provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"