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ASP¹
noun ASPs
- Initialism of application service provider
- Initialism of average selling price or (more rarely) average sale(s) price.
- Initialism of ammunition supply point
- Initialism of accessibility / assistance / accompaniment service provider.
- Initialism of answer set programming
proper noun
- A customised pistol produced by this company until 1987.
- A telescopic baton manufactured by this company.
- Initialism of Active Server Pages
- Initialism of American Solidarity Party
asp²
- /ɑːsp/ UK
- /æsp/ UK
- /æsp/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːsp, -æsp
Where it comes from
From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.
noun asps
- A water snake.
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A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
Similar: asp viper, European asp, aspis viper
- The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
- An evil person; a snake. 'Two thousand years ago did thou and I and that Egyptian asp rest therein, but since then have I not set foot here, nor any man, and perchance it has fallen,' and, followed by the rest of us, she passed up a vast flight of broken and ruined steps into the outer court, and looked round into the gloom
- A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
- The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched.
- Any caterpillar which inflicts a sharp pain when their hair is touched.
asp³
- /ɑːsp/ UK
- /æsp/ UK
- /æsp/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːsp, -æsp
Where it comes from
From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-.
See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).
noun asps
- An aspen tree.
asp⁴
- /ɑːsp/ UK
- /æsp/ UK
- /æsp/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːsp, -æsp
noun
- Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 asp 9)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: egyptian cobra, asp viper, naja haje, vipera aspis, iam, esl, gsp, asf, pst, pso, epa, phe, phs, fsa, pra, arg
Translations
Talk about this word "asp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/asp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. asp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/asp "asp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/asp.Cite this
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title = {asp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asp},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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