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nops

nops is the plural of nop.

nops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nop.

Meaning of nop

Noun

nop (plural nops)

  1. A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
    • The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.1999, Dominic Sweetman, See MIPS Run
    Synonyms:
    no-op

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Noun capitalized: NOPs

NOPs

  1. (plural) plural of NOP

Verb capitalized: NOPs

NOPs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of NOP

Proper noun capitalized: Nops

Nops

  1. (plural) plural of Nop

Phrases with nops

Questions about nops

What is nops the plural of?
Nops is the plural of nop.
What part of speech is nops?
Nops can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

Words near nops in the dictionary

  1. nopologies
  2. nopology
  3. nopony
  4. nopped
  5. nopping
  6. nops
  7. NoPurchNec
  8. nor
  9. Nor Am
  10. NOR gate
  11. NOR gates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nops (page history and authors); NOPs (page history and authors); Nops (page history and authors); nop (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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