tp

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of toilet paper.
2. abbreviationinitialismcommunicationsInitialism of transponder.

   You can watch us via satellite on Wikistar 1 tp. 8.

present singular third person tp's · participle present tp'ing · participle past tp'd · past tp'd · participle past tp'ed · past tp'ed

1. To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it.

plural TPs

1. abbreviationcolloquialcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of toilet paper.

   I need TP for my bung-hole.

   1994, “The Great Cornholio” (4:31 from the start), in Beavis and Butt-Head, season 4, episode 31, spoken by Beavis (Mike Judge)

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableanatomyInitialism of transverse process.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of threshold potential.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of trigger point.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of tense phrase.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of transportation problem.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of triple play.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of true position.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of textile paper.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of true positive.

    Recall, on the other hand, computes the ratio of correct predictions to how many TPs there were—alternatively, TPs divided by the sum of TPs and the number of false negatives (FNs).

    2022 February 11, Kennedy, Brendan, Ashwini Ashokkumar, Ryan L. Boyd, Morteza Dehghani, “Text Analysis for Psychology: Methods, Principles, and Practices”, in Morteza Dehghani, Ryan L. Boyd, editors, Handbook of Language Analysis in Psychology, Guilford Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35

11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of termination point.
12. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of torpedo boat.
13. abbreviationcountableinitialismoffensiveuncountableInitialism of typical Paki.

    Yeah, when she talks about it not being a TP car, a typical Paki car, in other words, it's not a great, big van that's got room for loads and loads of people in it.

    2018 May 22, Charlotte Chadderton, Judith Butler, Race and Education, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 95

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    The reader may tire of Madonna, of "granite damping" and "scuppies: saffron-clad urban professionals" and of the "BBCD - British-Born Confessed Desi ('native')" and "TPs - typical Paki-stanis" among British Muslims.

    1993 January 15, “Postmodernism and Islam”, in Times Literary Supplement, page 14

    'Don't tell me you're one of those?' I said to her, 'One of what?' She replied, 'You know, TP',' and I asked her, 'What's TP? 'She said, 'Typical Paki'. 'I answered her, 'So what, I'm proud of what I am.

    2009 May 28, John Foster, John Foster, Simon Foster, Your Life: Book 2, HarperCollins Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 15

present singular third person TPs · participle present TPing · participle past TPed · past TPed · participle past TP'd · past TP'd

1. abbreviationcolloquialinitialismInitialism of toilet paper.

   It [the t-shirt] said, “I dated Tom Winklesmith and all I got was premature ejaculation.” It’s great to have both those friends—one to tell you your efforts weren’t wasted and the other to make you laugh like a giggly teenager. We should have TP’d his house too!

   2006, Teri Hatcher, “Once Burnt, Twice Shy”, in Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 155

2. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of teleport.

   ... was down by the ocean, collecting the gravel you said you needed for your experiments, and Otto and Emma TPed right to me. ... Two Endermen walked past, and one of them spotted Mr. Anarchy and shrieked as it teleported toward him.

   2016 June 21, Winter Morgan, Terror on a Treasure Hunt: An Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure, #3, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

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   'Coffeegirl29' had TPed away from the stone circle to embark upon a similar task. “IM me when you've denoobified yourself,” ... I decided the first trip would be observation only; I put on the Zaara suit and teleported Masculamity over.

   (Can we date this quote?), Huckleberry Hax, AFK, All of it, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 364