asp

IPA: ˈæsp

Root Word: ASP

Acronym of Armament Systems and Procedures, a US manufacturer of batons, restraints, and other products targeted at police and security.
A customised pistol produced by this company until 1987.
A telescopic baton manufactured by this company.
(archaic) A water snake.
A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
(figurative) An evil person; a snake.
A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
The aspen tree.
(computing) Initialism of application service provider.
(finance) Initialism of average selling price (or, more rarely, ‘average sale(s) price’.)
(military) Initialism of ammunition supply point.
(accessibility) Initialism of accessibility / assistance / accompaniment service provider. [The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.]
Initialism of Active Server Pages.
(UK, law, in citation) Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament.

Examples of "asp" in Sentences

The asp is a serpent who blocks his or her ears to avoid being enchanted by music.
The asp is the largest and most beautiful of all; but that never, of its own accord, quits the
When Marcus says “No caching functionality in asp. net is used” he probably means that content caching is not involved.
I quickly started building my site and actually made it somewhat functional although most pages where in asp, others in asp. net.
The missing cobra is an adolescent of its hooded species, which is believed to be the type of snake that was called an asp in antiquity.
"The bark of what we call asp-wood, ma'am, which is a kind of sallow; they lay up great quantities of it in the autumn as a provision for winter, when they are frozen up for some months."
The Egyptian ichneumon, when it sees the serpent called the asp, does not attack it until it has called in other ichneumons to help; to meet the blows and bites of their enemy the assailants beplaster themselves with mud, by first soaking in the river and then rolling on the ground.