temp
To measure or check the temperature of something, especially food or equipment in a commercial kitchen.
Adjective
- Abbreviation of temporary.
- Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register. - 2001, John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware:
Origin
Clipping of temporary.
Adverb
- Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”).
Origin
See temp.
Noun informal
- Synonym of temporary (“short-term employee”).
Synonyms: temporary
- Synonym of temporary (“short-term variable”).
- That is, r-values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps) […] - 2014, Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers, page 162:
Synonyms: temporary
Forms
Derived
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of temperature.
- “All brake temps except the one are in the yellow and climbing. You'll get the warning light soon,” was the flight engineer's response. The one brake temp that was okay was the brake on the blown tire. - 2018 February...
Origin
Clipping of temperature.
Forms
Derived
Verb Entry 5
- To measure or check the temperature of something, especially food or equipment in a commercial kitchen.
- The produce walk in is temping at between 42-46° and I let management know but nobody seemed too pressed about it. Days later it’s still the same problem - 2023 February 25, Reddit:
- Our dairy section coolers have been temping at 50 degrees for two hours and the product is temping at 45. - 2025 July 25, Reddit:
Forms
Verb informal, transitive
- To work as a temporary employee.
- --I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays. - 2007, The Savages, 01:24:50