"IRC" meaning in English

See IRC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IRC
  1. (Internet) Initialism of Internet Relay Chat. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Internet Relay Chat Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-IRC-en-name-fy2GOto4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 28 8 14 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 28 8 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 7 13 25
  2. (US law) Initialism of Internal Revenue Code. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Internal Revenue Code Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-IRC-en-name-BKIajYAw Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 28 8 14 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 28 8 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 7 13 25 Topics: law
  3. Initialism of International Rescue Committee. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Rescue Committee
    Sense id: en-IRC-en-name-tvf4HOel
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: IRCer

Noun

Forms: IRCs [plural], IRC's [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|IRC's}} IRC (plural IRCs or IRC's)
  1. (Postal Romanization) Initialism of international reply coupon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: international reply coupon
    Sense id: en-IRC-en-noun-tm4WGdkJ Categories (other): Postal Romanization, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 28 8 14 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 28 8 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 7 13 25

Verb

Forms: IRCs [present, singular, third-person], IRCing [participle, present], IRCed [participle, past], IRCed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} IRC (third-person singular simple present IRCs, present participle IRCing, simple past and past participle IRCed)
  1. (intransitive, Internet, informal) To participate in Internet Relay Chat. Tags: Internet, informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-IRC-en-verb-BzpxLrmr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 28 8 14 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 28 8 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 7 13 25

Inflected forms

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          "text": "<Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases […]",
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