p

Etymology 1

num

1. The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations

prep

1. Abbreviation of post, meaning after
2. Abbreviation of per.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.

noun

1. Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
2. (UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
   The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image. 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
3. (physics) proton
4. (video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
   HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio. 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59
5. Abbreviation of piss (“urine”).
   I'll slurp all that p.

verb

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
   Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1. 1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71

adv

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
   I'm doing p good, how are you?
   There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole think SU27 is p bad!). 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim/msg/8ebf7044a96c18e5
2. (chiefly US, stenoscript) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm