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deop

deop verb: to demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.

Verb

deop (third-person singular simple present deops, present participle deopping, simple past and past participle deopped)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To 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)

Forms of deop

third-person singular presentdeops
present participledeopping
past participledeopped
pastdeopped

Origin of deop

From de- + op.

Questions about deop

What does deop mean?
Deop means to demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
What part of speech is deop?
Deop is a verb.
What is the past tense of deop?
The past tense of deop is deopped.

Words near deop in the dictionary

  1. deontologists
  2. deontology
  3. deonym
  4. deonymisation
  5. deonyms
  6. deop
  7. deoperculate
  8. deopped
  9. deoppilate
  10. deoppilated
  11. deoppilates

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