wop
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See also: woþ
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”). Contrary to popular belief, the term isn't an acronym of without passport or working off passage, which are backronyms derived from the term.
Noun
wop (plural wops)
Synonyms
Translations
person of Italian descent
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Etymology 2
Verb
wop (third-person singular simple present wops, present participle wopping, simple past and past participle wopped)
- Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”)
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Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wōp, from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
wop (plural wopes)
- Lamentation, crying, or weeping.
Descendants
References
- “wọ̄p(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“clamour, weeping”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wōp m (nominative plural wōpas)
Declension
Declension of wōp (strong a-stem)
Descendants
Verb
wōp
Torricelli
Noun
wop
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66