TP

See also: tp, tp., .tp, t.p., and Tp

Translingual

Symbol

TP

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for East Timor from 1975 to 2002.

   Synonyms: TMP (alpha-3 1975–2002), TL (2002–present, as Timor-Leste)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Portuguese Timor from 1974 to 1975.

   Synonym: TMP (alpha-3)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of TL following the restoration of independence from Indonesia and the reestablishment of the country as Timor-Leste. However, it remained in use before that point, as the 1976 Indonesian annexation was never legally recognised by the United Nations.

English

Noun

TP (countable and uncountable, plural TPs)

1. (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
   • 1994, “The Great Cornholio” (4:31 from the start), in Beavis and Butt-Head, season 4, episode 31, spoken by Beavis (Mike Judge):

     I need TP for my bung-hole.

2. (anatomy) Initialism of transverse process.
3. (physiology) Initialism of threshold potential.
4. (medicine) Initialism of trigger point.
5. (linguistics) Initialism of tense phrase.
6. (mathematics) Initialism of transportation problem.
7. (baseball) Initialism of triple play.
8. (engineering) Initialism of true position.
9. Initialism of textile paper.
11. Initialism of true positive.

    Coordinate terms: TN, FN, FP

    • 2022 February 11, Kennedy, Brendan, Ashwini Ashokkumar, Ryan L. Boyd, Morteza Dehghani, “Text Analysis for Psychology: Methods, Principles, and Practices”, in Morteza Dehghani, Ryan L. Boyd, editors, Handbook of Language Analysis in Psychology, Guilford Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:

      Recall, on the other hand, computes the ratio of correct predictions to how many TPs there were—alternatively, TPs divided by the sum of TPs and the number of false negatives (FNs).

12. (networking) Initialism of termination point.
14. (military) Initialism of torpedo boat.
15. (offensive) Initialism of typical Paki.
    • 1993 January 15, “Postmodernism and Islam”, in Times Literary Supplement, page 14:

      The reader may tire of Madonna, of "granite damping" and "scuppies: saffron-clad urban professionals" and of the "BBCD - British-Born Confessed Desi ('native')" and "TPs - typical Paki-stanis" among British Muslims.

    • 2009 May, John Foster, John Foster, Simon Foster, Your Life: Book 2, HarperCollins Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 15:

      'Don't tell me you're one of those?' I said to her, 'One of what?' She replied, 'You know, TP',' and I asked her, 'What's TP? 'She said, 'Typical Paki'. 'I answered her, 'So what, I'm proud of what I am.

    • 2018 May 22, Charlotte Chadderton, Judith Butler, Race and Education, Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, page 95:

      Yeah, when she talks about it not being a TP car, a typical Paki car, in other words, it's not a great, big van that's got room for loads and loads of people in it.

Translations

tense phrase

• French: ST (fr) m
• Polish: FC (pl) n

Verb

TP (third-person singular simple present TPs, present participle TPing, simple past and past participle TPed or TP'd)

1. (colloquial) Initialism of toilet paper.
   • 2006, Teri Hatcher, “Once Burnt, Twice Shy”, in Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 155:

     It [the t-shirt] said, “I dated Tom Winklesmith and all I got was premature ejaculation.” It’s great to have both those friends—one to tell you your efforts weren’t wasted and the other to make you laugh like a giggly teenager. We should have TP’d his house too!

2. (video games) Initialism of teleport.
   • 2016 June 21, Winter Morgan, Terror on a Treasure Hunt: An Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure, #3, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     ... was down by the ocean, collecting the gravel you said you needed for your experiments, and Otto and Emma TPed right to me. ... Two Endermen walked past, and one of them spotted Mr. Anarchy and shrieked as it teleported toward him.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Huckleberry Hax, AFK, All of it, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 364:

     'Coffeegirl29' had TPed away from the stone circle to embark upon a similar task. “IM me when you've denoobified yourself,” ... I decided the first trip would be observation only; I put on the Zaara suit and teleported Masculamity over.

Anagrams

• P.T., PT, p. t., p.t., pt, pt.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.pe/, [ˈt̪e.pe]

Noun

TP (plural TP-TP)

1. (education) initialism of tujuan pembelajaran (“learning objective”)
2. initialism of titik pencar (“point of dispersal, point of scattering”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tp

Etymology

Borrowed from English TP.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌteˈpe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌteˈpe/

Noun

TP m (plural TPs)

1. (Brazil, video games) abbreviation of teletransporte or teleporte (“teleportation”)
   • 2022, Siouxsie Rigueiras, “LoL: relembre o TP do LEP e mais”, in Pichau Arena‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2022:

     Alguns consideram a jogada de 2020 como “o maior TP da história” e outros fãs do jogo preferem chamar de “teleporte para dar dano”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2026 January 20, Ian Teixeira, “LoL: TP do Tay? Jogador utiliza teleporte de maneira diferente; entenda”, in Mais Esports‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 February 2026:

     O Ilha das Lendas e a comunidade não perdeu tempo e publicou meme relembrando o famoso TP do Tay nas redes sociais […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈpe/ [t̪eˈpe]
• IPA^(key): /ˌteˈpe/ [ˌt̪eˈpe]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: T‧P

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English TP.

Noun

TP m (plural TPs)

1. (video games) teleport

   Alternative form: tp

Derived terms

• /tp, barra tp

Etymology 2

Phrase

TP

1. (Spain) initialism of (para) todos los públicos (“[suitable for] all ages (lit. audiences)”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːˈpeː/

Noun

TP

1. initialism of Trivial Pursuit (board game)

   Vill du vara med och spela TP?

   Wanna join us and play Trivial Pursuit?

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• tp.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˨˩ fo˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˦˩ fow˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰan˨˩ fow˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: thành phố

Noun

TP (classifier cái)

1. initialism of thành phố

Derived terms

• TPHCM