t.p.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. title page.

2. toilet paper.

3. Surveying. turning point.

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TP ² American  

[tee-pee] / ˈtiˈpi /

Or t.p.

noun

1. toilet paper.

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verb (used with or without object)

TP'd, TPing

1. to cover a house, a tree, or other structure, usually on someone’s home property, with strips of toilet paper, as a prank.

   We TP’d the English teacher’s house last Halloween.

tp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. township.

2. troop.

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tp British  

abbreviation

1. East Timor

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Etymology

Origin of TP

First recorded in 1940–45 TP for def. 1, and in 1960–65 TP for def. 2; T(oilet) P(aper)

Example Sentences

When this happens, we run out of T.P. in the short-term, but the shortage doesn’t last long.

From Washington Times

“You told me you loved me, then bring me some groceries. I’m down to my last role of T.P.,” she sang as she opened her act with a raucous tune she said she’d written just the day before to sum up what weeks of self-isolation has been like.

From Washington Times

My husband and I wondered: Who was the T.P. fairy?

From New York Times

On Sunday, vendors at two Los Angeles-area swap meets said they were clean out of T.P., the maddening symbol of coronavirus panic shopping.

From Los Angeles Times

The California lawsuit described a 13-year-old boy from Norwalk as T.P. who loves Disneyland and has been diagnosed with autism, severe obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and having anxiety attacks.

From Los Angeles Times