"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 [Southern-England]
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
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 [Southern-England] 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
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 [Southern-England] 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 entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 39 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 28 65 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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