Meanings
verbdeop (third-person singular simple present deops, present participle deopping, simple past and past participle deopped)
present singular third person deops · participle present deopping · participle past deopped · past deopped
- InternettransitiveTo demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
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.
1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishop
- Englishdeop
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APA
deop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deop
MLA
“deop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deop.
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