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op¹

  • /ɒp/ UK
  • /ɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

noun ops

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp. His ops went to his court hearing today.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of operation My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  3. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of operator Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differently. A good eye and an ability to concentrate and quickly follow directions are necessary for this position.
  4. informal An amateur radio operator.
  5. Internet, informal An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
  6. Internet, abbreviation, clipping, in plural Clipping of opinion Ops on my new drawing?
  7. abbreviation, attributive, ellipsis Ellipsis of op art an op painting; op artworks

verb ops · opping · opped

  1. Internet, transitive To promote (an IRC user) to an operator. True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.

    Opposite: deop

op²

  • /ɒp/ UK
  • /ɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

noun ops

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP

adjective more op · most op

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP

op³

  • /ɒp/ UK
  • /ɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

noun ops

  1. alternative, slang Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).

op⁴

  • /ɒp/ UK
  • /ɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

From op shop.

verb ops · opping · opped

  1. Australia, informal, transitive To buy (something) from an op shop.
  2. Australia, informal, intransitive To shop at op shops.

OP⁵

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

noun OPs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Overall Position
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
  3. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, often, uncountable Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread. I don't think your response really answers OP's question.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of observation post
  5. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of organophosphate
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Initialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
  7. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of outpatient

    Opposite: IP

  8. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of original publishing

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Original Pronunciation
  2. Philippines, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Office of the President
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Ordo Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, a religious order).
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of One Piece

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of out of print

    Similar: OOP

  2. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of overproof
  3. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of overpowered I know they are going to tweak stuff in the next few weeks with patches as they find one class is OP and another is sucking...

    Opposite: underpowered, nerfed

  4. Internet, abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of overplayed

OP⁶

Where it comes from

From Japanese OP (OP) (オープニング), from English opening.

noun OPs

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of opening credits

    Opposite: ED

  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable, usually Abbreviation of opening theme

    Opposite: ED

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: amps, iap, zoom, moll, enemy, foe, rival, adversary, opposition, opponent, antagonist, detractor, challenger, combatant, competitor, assailant

Translations

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noun operator

Españolfarsante

noun (internet) original poster

日本語>>1 ichi, スレ主 surenushi
中文樓主 /楼主 lóuzhǔ, 原po yuánpō, po主 pōzhǔ, 贴主 tiēzhǔ
DeutschOP, Themenersteller
Русскийоп op
Tiếng Việtchủ thớt

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@misc{op_2026,
  title = {op},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/op},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}