Usually means: Original poster or overpowered, context-dependent.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word OP:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. op: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. OP, op: Merriam-Webster
  3. OP, Op, o.p, op, op, op-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. OP, op: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. OP, o.p, op: Collins English Dictionary
  6. OP, Op, op, oP: Wordnik
  7. Op, op, op: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. OP, Op, op: Wiktionary
  9. op, op-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. op-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. OP: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. o.p, op, op, op-: Dictionary.com
  13. op: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. OP, Op (statistics), Op: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. op: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. op, op-: MyWord.info
  17. OP, OP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. OP, o.p, op: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. op-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  5. OP: ANIME AND MANGA GLOSSARY
  6. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Op(1): Glossary of research economics
  4. Abbreviations in shipping (No longer online)
  5. OP: Legal dictionary
  6. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. op: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. OP: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. OP: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. o.p, o.p, o.p: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. OP: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OP, op: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. op: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. O.P: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Op, o.p, the op: Urban Dictionary
  4. Op: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  4. Book Collectors' Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (OP)

noun:  (informal) Clipping of operator.
noun:  (informal) An amateur radio operator.
noun:  (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
verb:  (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
verb:  (Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
verb:  (Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.
noun:  (informal) Clipping of operation. [(uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.]
noun:  (Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion. [A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.]
noun:  (chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art. [(art) A genre of abstract art that uses geometric shapes and vivid colours to create optical illusions, such as an illusion of movement.]
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of OP.
adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of OP.
noun:  (slang, among criminal gangs) Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”). [(slang, originally among criminal gangs) An opponent; an enemy; the opposition.]
noun:  Initialism of Overall Position.
noun:  (theater) Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
noun:  (Internet) Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.
noun:  (Internet) Initialism of original post.
noun:  (military, law enforcement) Initialism of observation post. [a lookout or vantage point]
noun:  (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of organophosphate. [(chemistry) Any ester of phosphoric acid or its derivatives, especially one used as an insecticide or herbicide.]
noun:  (slang) Initialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
noun:  Abbreviation of outpatient. [(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.]
noun:  (Philippines, some other countries, politics) Initialism of Office of the President.
adjective:  (publishing) Abbreviation of out of print.
adjective:  Abbreviation of overproof. [Possessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit.]
adjective:  (gaming) Abbreviation of overpowered. [Overly powerful.]
adjective:  (Internet, music) Initialism of overplayed. [Played too frequently.]
noun:  (religious) Initialism of Ordo Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, a religious order).
noun:  Initialism of opening credits. [The credits shown at the beginning of a film, TV program, etc.]
noun:  Initialism of opening theme.

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