KP


Meaning of KP in English

( in full kitchen police ) n [ U ] ( AmE )

( in the US armed forces ) work done in the military kitchens, in which soldiers help the regular cooks. Such work is often given as punishment. The soldiers doing it can also be called the ‘kitchen police’ but not the ‘KP’:

The sergeant assigned Brewster to KP for missing roll-call.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.