"PNP" meaning in English

See PNP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PNP
  1. (Philippines, law enforcement) Initialism of Philippine National Police. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine National Police
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-name-fD6F2e4h Categories (other): Philippine English, Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. (Pakistan, media house) Initialism of Press Network of Pakistan. Tags: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Press Network of Pakistan
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-name-kSRj59JA Categories (other): Pakistani English

Noun

Forms: PNPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PNP (countable and uncountable, plural PNPs)
  1. (sexuality) Initialism of party and play. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: party and play
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-noun-p7Cfe-EL Categories (other): Sexuality Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
  2. (biochemistry) Initialism of purine nucleoside phosphorylase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: purine nucleoside phosphorylase
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-noun-Mp-R6f2N Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (electronics) Ellipsis of PNP transistor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: PNP transistor
  4. (computing) Initialism of plug and play. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: plug and play
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-noun-2v6XTs2B Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (games) Synonym of PnP. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: PnP [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: PNPase
    Sense id: en-PNP-en-noun-y2vdPi2l Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 4 11 13 12 28 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 18 17 13 9 10 8 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 11 4 6 8 6 32 10 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 3 8 11 5 22 12 11 4 Topics: games

Inflected forms

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