op
see also: OP
Noun

op (plural ops)

  1. (informal) An operation.
    My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  2. (informal) An amateur radio operator.
  3. (internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
  4. (mostly, attributive) Op art; a style of abstract art.
    an op painting; op artworks
Verb

op (ops, present participle opping; past and past participle opped)

  1. (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
    Antonyms: deop
    • 1999, "Cory McWilliams", IRC Oddities (on newsgroup alt.irc)
      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.
Noun
  1. (internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of OP#English|OP (“original post, original poster”)

OP
Noun

op

  1. Initialism of Overall Position}.
  2. Initialism of online pharmacy.
  3. (theatre) Initialism of opposite#English|opposite prompt#English|prompt; stage right,
  4. (Internet) Initialism of original#English|original poster#English|poster; the person who started a thread.
    I don't think your response really answers the OP's question.
  5. (Internet) Initialism of original#English|original post#English|post.
  6. (military) Initialism of observation post}.
  7. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of organophosphate#English|organophosphate.
  8. Initialism of opening credits#English|opening credits.
  9. Initialism of opening#English|opening theme#English|theme.
Antonyms
  • (opening credits) ED
  • (opening theme) ED
Adjective

op (not comparable)

  1. (publishing) Abbreviation of out of print#English|out of print.
  2. Abbreviation of overproof#English|overproof.
  3. (video games) Abbreviation of overpowered#English|overpowered.
  4. (Internet, music) Initialism of overplayed#English|overplayed.
Synonyms
  • (out of print) OOP
Antonyms Proper noun
  1. (religious) Initialism of Ordo Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, a religious order).



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