Hp
//eɪt͡ʃˌpiː// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of hire purchase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP."
- 2 Abbreviation of horsepower (unit of power). abbreviation, alt-of
"The ERS can generate an extra 160hp for around half a minute per lap."
- 3 Abbreviation of haptoglobin. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 a unit of power equal to 746 watts wordnet
- 5 Initialism of horsepower. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of hit points / health points. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"If you stay at a hotel, you'll wake up with full HP and PP."
- 7 Initialism of higher power. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of Houses of Parliament. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of Helicobacter pylori. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of hydrogen peroxide. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of handphone. Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South-Korea, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of home page. Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of horizontal pitch. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of Hewlett-Packard. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of Harry Potter. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films."
Example
More examples"HP can only be restored with a golden apple."
Etymology
Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.
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