"nop" meaning in English

See nop in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /nɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nop.wav
Rhymes: -ɒp Head templates: {{en-interj}} nop
  1. (informal, rare) Alternative form of nope Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal, rare Alternative form of: nope
    Sense id: en-nop-en-intj-WGCda0zw Categories (other): English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 37 32 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /nɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nop.wav Forms: nops [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒp Head templates: {{en-noun}} nop (plural nops)
  1. (programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing. Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: no-op Derived forms: NOP sled, NOP slide
    Sense id: en-nop-en-noun--GL7wf3L Categories (other): English 3-letter words Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 37 32 31 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: NOP
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /nɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɔp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nop.wav Forms: nops [present, singular, third-person], nopping [participle, present], nopped [participle, past], nopped [past]
Rhymes: -ɒp Head templates: {{en-verb}} nop (third-person singular simple present nops, present participle nopping, simple past and past participle nopped)
  1. (programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-nop-en-verb-iTWvGaoZ Categories (other): English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 36 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 12 25 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 28 62 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: NOP
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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