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rp

/ɑː(ɹ)piː/

rp is the abbreviation of represent and related forms of that word.

Noun capitalized: RP

RP (countable and uncountable, plural RPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Received Pronunciation.
    • Goodbye RP / Let our words go free / Coo and howl / Lay flat your vowels2008, “RIP RP”, in The Boy Bands Have Won, performed by Chumbawamba
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of rating pending.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of retinitis pigmentosa.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism, roleplaying games) Initialism of roleplay.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of rotationplasty.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of radiation pressure.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism, analytical chemistry) Initialism of reverse-phase.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of red pill.
    • Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^([sic]) have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of relying party.

Proper noun capitalized: RP

RP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal state of Germany.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Republic of Poland.
  3. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Republic of the Philippines (former two-letter country code).

Verb capitalized: RP

RP (third-person singular simple present RPs or RP's, present participle RPing or RP'ing, simple past and past participle RPed or RP'd or RP'ed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To roleplay.
    • I hope you enjoyed this snapshot of why D&D is a great intro into RP'ing. Next week, get your katanas, miniguns, Bulldog-Step vans, and Earth Spirits out. We’re talking Shadowrun. See you then!2015 March 23, Andrew Smith, “Start your R&R with some D&D”, in The Spokesman-Review

Symbol capitalized: Rp

Rp

  1. A rupiah.

Forms of rp

Noun
pluralRPs
Verb
third-person singular presentRPs
third-person singular presentRP's
present participleRPing
present participleRP'ing
past participleRPed
pastRPed
past participleRP'd
pastRP'd
past participleRP'ed
pastRP'ed

Origin of rp

Borrowed from Indonesian Rp, abbreviated from rupiah.

Words formed from rp

Phrases with rp

Questions about rp

What does rp mean?
Rp means to roleplay.
What is rp the abbreviation of?
Rp is the abbreviation of represent and related forms of that word.
What part of speech is rp?
Rp can be a noun, a proper noun, a verb or a symbol.
How do you pronounce rp?
Rp is pronounced /ɑː(ɹ)piː/.
What is the plural of rp?
The plural of rp is RPs.

Words near rp in the dictionary

  1. Roșia Montană
  2. Roșiești
  3. Roșiile
  4. Roșiori
  5. Roșiorii de Vede
  6. rp
  7. RP walk
  8. RP walked
  9. RP walking
  10. RP walks
  11. RP's

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rp (page history and authors); RP (page history and authors); Rp (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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