wop
See also: woþ
English
Etymology
From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wop (plural wops)
Synonyms
Translations
person of Italian descent
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Verb
wop (third-person singular simple present wops, present participle wopping, simple past and past participle wopped)
- (Southern US) to physically hit, especially hitting a person with a hand
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
wop (plural wopes)
- the action of or a moment of crying or weeping; lamentation
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
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
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