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yop

UK/jɒp/US/jɑp/

yop noun: a person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s. Also the initialism of Yersinia outer protein.

Noun (1)

yop (plural yops)

  1. A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.
    Synonyms:
    yopper

Interjection

  1. (colloquial, informal) Yes; affirmative.

Proper noun capitalized: YOP

YOP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Youth Opportunities Programme, a British youth employment programme of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced by the Callaghan government but popularly associated with Thatcherism. Replaced by the YTS.

Noun (2) capitalized: YOP

YOP (plural YOPs)

  1. (UK, slang) A person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme.

Also used as

yop is also the initialism of Yersinia outer protein.

Synonyms of yop

Forms of yop

pluralyops
pluralYOPs

Origin of yop

From YOP.

Words that rhyme with yop

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Questions about yop

What does yop mean?
Yop means a person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.
What part of speech is yop?
Yop can be a noun, an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yop?
Yop is pronounced /jɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of yop?
The plural of yop is yops.

Words near yop in the dictionary

  1. yoot
  2. yoots
  3. yoozh
  4. yoozhe
  5. yoozhes
  6. yop
  7. Yopara
  8. YOPD
  9. yopo
  10. yopon
  11. yopons

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