Turpentine.
[Shortening and alteration of TURPENTINE.]
turps
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
Synonyms: turpentine, oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine
| Wikipedia: Turps |
Turps may refer to several things, primarily paint solvents:
- Turpentine, or wood turpentine, the organic solvent derived from tree resin; it is a traditional solvent used by painters
- White spirit, which is a petroleum-based replacement for the vegetable-based organic solvent turpentine
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), a surgical procedure to perform a prostatectomy
- Australian slang for alcoholic beverages, as in "on the turps"
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- turpentine (material, tree – in chemistry)
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939 Comedy Film)
- Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (2003 Album by King Creosote)
- Paint thinner
- Mineral turpentine
- Ian Turpie
- Fly on the Walls
- The Saw Doctors
- Damon Runyon
- RP-1
- Toilet-related injury
- Rosy Wilde
