Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation self-propelled
- abbreviation shore patrol
- abbreviation single pole
- abbreviation specialist
- abbreviation submarine patrol
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation: in pharmacy, of spiritus, spirit;
- in botany, of species, specimen;
- in zoology, of species only; when two or more species are meant, spp. is used.
- An abbreviation of Spain.
- An abbreviation of
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel . - An abbreviation of
Spanish . - An abbreviation of
short particular meter . - noun An abbreviation of
Society for the Prevention of Crime .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism Starting price, the quoted odds in horse racing.
- initialism
Selling price . - initialism US, military, navy
Shore patrol . - initialism law enforcement State police
- initialism Slow play.
- initialism computing
service pack . - initialism law enforcement
superintendent - initialism Suppressive person (someone who speaks critically of Scientology)
- abbreviation
São Paulo , a state ofBrazil .
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Examples
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And in Maine, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire you can call * SP, while in Maryland and Virginia you can dial #SP (pound SP, instead of star SP), and in Massachusetts you can dial * SP if you are in the 413 area code, but in the
The Internet Patrol The Internet Patrol 2010
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Around the same time as the release of the Game Boy Micro, Nintendo released a new backlit version of the SP in North America (commonly referred to as the "GBA SP+").
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Tina Fey's SP is one of SNL's best bits ever - looking forward to more hilarity.
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Great to see such interest in SP – I can see why CNN publishes her every word – Obama has nothing to say without a teleprompter.
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I am so thankful that SP is NOT our VP and John "sometimes maverick" McCain are not the POTUS.
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SP is "going rouge" in new ways and embrassing your efforts in the process.
Toby Keith also unknowing participant in Palin's Fox News show 2010
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ElBruce-one does NOT need calculus to determine that ~$500B of SP is still unspent.
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Anyone who actually supports SP is as brainless as she is!
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The point of a SP is to determine if crimes were committed.
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Come on – you didn't vote for Obama ..... b/c you think SP is someone to listen to but the beauty queen will not even answer questions off script ...
alexz commented on the word SP
BBC has SP being an Ex Scientologist.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23273109
"If you imagine 40-50 Scientologists posting on the internet every few days, we'll just run the SP's ex-members right off the system."
July 19, 2013
bilby commented on the word SP
Back in the days when off track bookmakers were illegal in Australia, an SP bookie or often just SP was a bookmaker who would take bets and then pay them out (if necessary) at the starting price, ie. the odds that were offered by on-track bookmakers at the time the event started. SP bookies were relatively common as police had better things to do than hunt down the weedy guy in the corner of the pub with a big satchel full of money. Larger operations were known to have people peering over the racecourse fence with binoculars to read the odds boards in the betting ring and these numbers would get phoned in to the SP...to the nearest payphone of course! Those were the days.
July 13, 2018