Non-op

Quick meaning: Non-op is an adjective meaning (informal) Nonoperational; not functioning.

Meaning

(informal) Nonoperational; not functioning.

More Meanings

1. (informal, medicine) Nonoperative; not using or requiring surgical treatment.
2. (informal, LGBTQ, of a transgender or transsexual person) Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
3. (informal) Nonoperating; not directly involved in the mechanical operation of trains.
4. (informal, LGBTQ) A transsexual or transgender person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
5. (informal, rail transport) A nonoperator; a rail worker not directly involved in the mechanical operation of trains.

Example Sentences

Why he had taken refuge in the chapel, he didn't know. His mind had been non-op for a long time now and he just let the impulses flow.

About 200000 "non-op" workers - clerks, telegraphers, machinists, and others not actually involved in operation of the roads - are not union members.

"Just so you know, Vincent, I was a pre-op transsexual. But after my breasts grew and my hips got wider, I was happy with what I had and decided to go non-op."

For example, in the fall of 1973, when we had a rail strike, the government brought in legislation putting the non-ops back to work at an increase of only 30 cents an hour […]

Word Forms

• nonop
• non-ops

Synonyms for non-op

Depending on context, synonyms include no-op.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonoperational, non-operational, nonoperative, inoperational, nonoperating, unoperative.

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