hp

alternative HP

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of horsepower (unit of power).

   The ERS can generate an extra 160hp for around half a minute per lap.

   2024 April 3, Joe Holding, Rebecca Braybrook, “What do DRS, black and white flag, porpoising and more mean? F1 terms explained”, in Autosport

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Hewlett-Packard.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Harry Potter.

   Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films.

   2009 July 16, Steve Boxer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, in Guardian, Technology news & features, page 2

plural HPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of hire purchase.

   Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP.

   1976, Angela Carter, ‘What the Hell – It’s Home!’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 205

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of horsepower.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechiefly roleplaying games; plural usually HP; chiefly roleplaying games; plural usually HPvideo gamesInitialism of hit point /health point.

   If you stay at a hotel, you'll wake up with full HP and PP.

   1995, Ape Inc., HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

   2 more examples

   When struck by Good-aligned divine energy damage, the Accursed loses 1 HP off of its maximum HP for each 5 points of damage done.

   2004 May 10, Ken Andrews, “The Accursed”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

   But mind that with less HPs your two-hit limit that you mention below is significantly more difficult to achieve.

   2008 November 15, Janis Papanagnou, “YASD: What To Do With a Potion of Blindness”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of higher power.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Houses of Parliament.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Helicobacter pylori.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of hydrogen peroxide.

   Synonyms: mul:H₂O₂, HPO, PO

8. IndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeSouth KoreaabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of handphone.
9. JapanabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of home page.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of horizontal pitch.

plural Hps

1. abbreviationbiochemistryAbbreviation of haptoglobin.