гопать

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Russian

Etymology 1

гоп (gop) +‎ -ать (-atʹ)

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го́пать (gópatʹimpf (perfective го́пнуть)

  1. (colloquial) to jump, hop, or leap while shouting excitedly
  2. (colloquial) to shout «гоп»! («gop»!)
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Etymology 2

Unclear. Attested by Dal in an 1842 manuscript on the Saint Petersburg criminal argot.

Folk etymology connects the term to the acronym for Городско́е о́бщество призо́ра (Gorodskóje óbščestvo prizóra), the name of a former Saint Petersburg orphanage and workhouse for street children.

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го́пать (gópatʹimpf (perfective го́пнуть)

  1. (criminal slang, obsolete) to loaf around, to loiter
  2. (criminal slang, obsolete) to sleep rough
  3. (criminal slang, transitive) to accost, to rob, to mug
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