sp

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noun

Spanish (language)

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sp1

noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of spelling, often used when correcting or questioning one's own spelling.

    It's all that Britney Spears' fault and that other trashy looking singer, Christina Aguilera sp??? geezzzzzz.. they look like hookers !!!!!!

    2003, Maggie, “I am back again...”, in alt.penpals.rejects (Usenet)
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    Does this mean that I would have to use Z-buffering, or tessellate (sp?) the resultant (possibly nonconvex) polygon into triangles and draw them in Z-order?

    1993, Keith Lau, “More help needed! Spacecuts, etc ...”, in comp.graphics (Usenet)
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of spur, in highway designations and signage.
  3. abbreviationmediaAbbreviation of space.
verb
  1. abbreviationproofreadingAbbreviation of spell out.

SP2

nounSP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

plural SPs · alternative S.P. · alternative S. P.

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of starting price.

    It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.

    1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196
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    He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.

    1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of selling price.
  3. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of shore patrol.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of state police.

    Synonyms: supt.

  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of slow play.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of service pack.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegamesInitialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
  8. abbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of superintendent.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableScientologyInitialism of suppressive person.
  10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of substance P.
  11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of soft point.
  12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of state park.
  13. abbreviationcountableuncountablehighwaysAbbreviation of spur.
  14. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableice skatingInitialism of short program.
  15. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of senate president.
  16. Hong KongabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of sex partner.
  17. abbreviationcountableuncountablemusic industryAbbreviation of sub-publishing.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil.

Sp3

noun
  1. Spanish (language)

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APA

sp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sp

MLA

“sp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sp.

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