IP

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemedicineInitialism of intraperitoneal.

plural IPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of intellectual property.

   In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP

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   You cannot just do whatever you want with someone else's IP!

   2025 November 12, Trey Parker, “Sora Not Sorry”, in South Park, season 28, episode 3, spoken by Japanese lawyer

   We’re in 2026 now, and the biggest crime an entertainment corporation can commit is letting an established IP die. […] Put simply, abandon the concept of Stranger Things ending. While there’s still money to be wrung from it, that won’t be allowed to happen.

   2026 January 5, Stuart Heritage, “In ending, Stranger Things committed TV’s ultimate crime”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

2. abbreviationinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of Indigenous peoples.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismmotion pictureInitialism of interpositive.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialisminvariableball gamesInitialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
5. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of immunoprecipitation.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableX-bar theorygrammarInitialism of inflectional phrase.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of instrument panel.
11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of injured party.
12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of initial permutation.
13. InternetabbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of IP address.
    1. Internetcountablemetonymicallyuncountablewiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargonAn unregistered user identified by their IP address.

       This IP made a disruptive edit!

       Synonyms: anon

14. UScountableinitialismslanguncountablegovernmentAn Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
15. USabbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountablegovernmentInitialism of Irish pennant.
16. abbreviationcountableuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of inpatient.

    Antonyms: OP

1. InternetabbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Internet Protocol.

   IP address

2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Ingress Protection Rating.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of International Paper.

1. abbreviationinitialismprisonInitialism of in possession.

   Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication.

   2014, Linda Gask, Carolyn Chew-Graham, ABC of Anxiety and Depression, page 37

plural Ips

1. A surname.