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fop

/fɒp/US/fɑp/

fop noun: a vain man; a dandy.

Noun (1)

fop (plural fops)

  1. (dated) A vain man; a dandy.
    • And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"2010, Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like

Noun (2) capitalized: FOP

FOP (countable and uncountable, plural FOPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of form of payment.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of freedom of panorama.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, medical genetics) Initialism of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
  4. (US, abbreviation, derogatory, initialism) Initialism of flyover people: individuals who reside between the two coasts of the US, with the exception of a few major cities.

Proper noun capitalized: FOP

FOP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Fraternal Order of Police.

Adjective capitalized: FOP

FOP (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of free of payment, delivery of securities with no corresponding payment of funds.

Noun (3) capitalized: FoP

FoP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of field of play.

fop meaning in Hindi

fop in Hindi

vain man
छैल chail, दम्भी dambhī, बाँका bā̃kā

Synonyms of fop

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Forms of fop

pluralfops
pluralFOPs

Origin of fop

From Middle English foppe, fobbe (“fop, fool”), but its origin is unclear. Apparently akin to German German foppen (“to jeer”), also of unclear origin.

Words formed from fop

Words that rhyme with fop

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Questions about fop

What does fop mean?
Fop means a vain man; a dandy.
What is fop in Hindi?
Fop in Hindi is छैल (chail), दम्भी (dambhī), बाँका (bā̃kā). See Fop meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fop?
Fop can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce fop?
Fop is pronounced /fɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of fop?
The plural of fop is fops.

Words near fop in the dictionary

  1. foozled
  2. foozler
  3. foozlers
  4. foozles
  5. foozling
  6. fop
  7. fopdoodle
  8. fopdoodles
  9. Foping
  10. fopk
  11. fopks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fop (page history and authors); FOP (page history and authors); FoP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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