ip

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of intraperitoneal.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of intellectual property.

   “In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP”

   “You cannot just do whatever you want with someone else's IP!”

   “We’re in 2026 now, and the biggest crime an entertainment corporation can commit is letting an established IP die. […] Put simply, abandon the concept of Stranger Things ending. While there’s still money to be wrung from it, that won’t be allowed to happen.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of interpositive.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, invariable)Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of inflectional phrase.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of instrument panel.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of injured party.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of initial permutation.
13. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of IP address.
14. (Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable)Ellipsis of IP address.

    “This IP made a disruptive edit!”

15. (US, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable)An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
16. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable)Initialism of Irish pennant.
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of inpatient.

name

1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Internet Protocol.

   “IP address”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Ingress Protection Rating.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of International Paper.
4. A surname.

phrase

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of in possession.

   “Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication.”