5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alp \Alp\, n. A bullfinch. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alp \Alp\, n. [L. Alpes the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. alp a high mountain, Ir. ailp any huge mass or lump: cf. F. Alpes.] 1. A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc. [1913 Webster] Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted. [1913 Webster] Note: The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. "The Alps doth spit." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: alp n : any high mountain From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: ALP Assembly Language Processor (IBM) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: ALPA {list processing} extension of {Mercury Autocode}. ["ALP, An Autocode List-Processing Language", D.C. Cooper et al, Computer J 5:28-31, 1962]. (1995-01-24)
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