op

plural ops

1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of opponent; alternative spelling of opp.

   His ops went to his court hearing today.

2. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of operation.

   My mother's going in for her knee op today.

3. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping 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.

   2015 September 14, Doug Matthews, Special Event Production: The Resources, Routledge, →ISBN, page 159

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   Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam. When doing so, camera ops usually have virtually no peripheral vision, and their spatial awareness may be impaired by the giant, heavy camera attached to [them].

   2017 November 21, Kristina Sexton, Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   1. informalAn amateur radio operator.
   2. InternetinformalAn operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
4. Internetabbreviationclippingin pluralClipping of opinion.

   Ops on my new drawing?

5. abbreviationattributiveellipsisEllipsis of op art.

   an op painting; op artworks

present singular third person ops · participle present opping · participle past opped · past opped

1. InternettransitiveTo 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.

   1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet)

   Antonyms: deop

plural ops

1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

comparative more op · superlative most op

1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

plural ops

1. alternativeslangamong criminal gangsAlternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).

present singular third person ops · participle present opping · participle past opped · past opped

1. AustraliainformaltransitiveTo buy (something) from an op shop.
2. AustraliainformalintransitiveTo shop at op shops.

plural OPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Overall Position.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
3. InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismoftenuncountableInitialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.

   I don't think your response really answers OP's question.

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   “In addition to the post’s content, LLMs were provided with personal attributes of the OP (gender, age, ethnicity, location, and political orientation), as inferred from their posting history using another LLM,” they write.

   2025 April 28, Karissa Bell, “Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments”, in Engadget

   This is NOT fucking called dubstep dancing. Are you fucking retarded OP There is no thing called "hip hop" dancing. There are dances that are FROM hip hop that are used to dance TO hip hop(or many other genres) There is bboying popping locking and then there is this piece of shit called HIP HOP choreo. What the guy was doing is called POPPING , POPPING is considered art by the people who do it (as any other danceform) you and your ignorance is RIDICULING the dance. Again you're a Dumbass.

   2012 January 5, u/ThatCoolBlackGuy, “Once again this guy defines dubstep dancing.”, in r/dubstep

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of observation post.
5. abbreviationcountableuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of organophosphate.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountableInitialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
7. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of outpatient.

   Antonyms: IP

8. abbreviationcountableuncountablemusic industryAbbreviation of original publishing.

1. abbreviationhuman sciencesAbbreviation of Original Pronunciation
2. Philippinesabbreviationinitialismsome other countriesgovernmentInitialism of Office of the President.
3. abbreviationinitialismreligiousInitialism of Ordo Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, a religious order).
4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of One Piece.

1. abbreviationnot comparablemediaAbbreviation of out of print.

   Synonyms: OOP

2. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of overproof.
3. abbreviationnot comparablegamesAbbreviation 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...

   2012 August 29, “Re: 5.0.4 first blush”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet), message-ID <k1l1nq$emb$1@dont-email.me>

   Antonyms: underpowered, nerfed

4. Internetabbreviationinitialismnot comparableentertainmentInitialism of overplayed.

plural OPs

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallyAbbreviation of opening credits.

   Antonyms: ED

2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallyAbbreviation of opening theme.

   Antonyms: ED