tp
tp is the initialism of toilet paper.
tp is the initialism of transponder.
Meaning of toilet paper
Noun
toilet paper (usually uncountable, plural toilet papers)
- Paper, usually on a roll, used to clean oneself after defecation or urination.
- Synonyms:
- TP, toilet roll, toilet tissue, bathroom tissue, bog paper, bog roll, lavvy paper, loo roll, loo paper, bumf
Meaning of transponder
Noun
transponder (plural transponders)
- A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
- 36 MHz transponder providing a pool of 794 reallocatable frequencies.1976, James Martin, Telecommunications and the Computer
- Synonyms:
- parrot
Verb (1)
tp (third-person singular simple present tp's, present participle tp'ing, simple past and past participle tp'd or tp'ed)
- To toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it.
Noun capitalized: TP
TP (countable and uncountable, plural TPs)
- Initialism 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)
- Initialism of transverse process.
- Initialism of threshold potential.
- Initialism of trigger point.
- Initialism of tense phrase.
- Initialism of transportation problem.
- Initialism of triple play.
- Initialism of true position.
- Initialism of textile paper.
- Initialism 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...
- Initialism of termination point.
- Initialism of torpedo boat.
- Initialism of typical Paki.
- 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, John Foster, John Foster, Simon Foster, Your Life: Book 2, HarperCollins Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 15
Verb (2) capitalized: TP
TP (third-person singular simple present TPs, present participle TPing, simple past and past participle TPed or TP'd)
- Initialism 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
- Initialism 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
- '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
Forms of tp
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | tp's |
| present participle | tp'ing |
| past participle | tp'd |
| past | tp'd |
| past participle | tp'ed |
| past | tp'ed |
| third-person singular present | TPs |
| present participle | TPing |
| past participle | TPed |
| past | TPed |
| past participle | TP'd |
| past | TP'd |
| Noun | |
| plural | TPs |
Questions about tp
- What does tp mean?
- Tp means to toilet paper; to throw toilet paper in rolls over a structure, so the structure becomes draped with it.
- What is tp the initialism of?
- Tp is the initialism of toilet paper.
- What part of speech is tp?
- Tp can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of tp?
- The past tense of tp is tp'd.
Words near tp in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tp (page history and authors); TP (page history and authors); toilet paper (page history and authors); transponder (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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