wop

See also: woþ

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɒp/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”).

Noun

wop (plural wops)

(UK, US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.

Synonyms

(person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog

Translations

person of Italian descent

Bulgarian: жаба́р m (žabár)
Danish: spaghetti c, spaghettiæder c, sortsmudsker c, fejlfarve c
Dutch: spaghettivreter (nl) m, spaghettivreetster f, macaronivreter (nl) m, pizzavreter (nl) m
Estonian: makaroniõgija
Finnish: italiaano (fi), makaroni (fi), Luigi (fi)
French: rital (fr) m, macaroni (fr) m
German: Itaker (de) m, Itakerin f, Spaghettifresser (de) m, Spaghettifresserin f, Tschingg m (Switzerland, parts of Austria), Tschingili m (Baden), Itaka (de) m or f, Katzelmacher m, Katzelmacherin f, Makkaronifresser m, Makkaronifresserin f, Spaghetti (de) m (dated)
Alemannic German: Tschingg
Hungarian: digó (hu)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: ウォップ (woppu)
Korean: 이태리 놈 (Itaeri nom), 이탈리아 놈 (Itallia nom)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} gefker (ku)
Polish: makaroniarz (pl) m
Portuguese: macarrone m or f, carcamano (pt) m or f, latacho m
Romanian: macaronar (ro) m
Russian: италья́шка (ru) m (italʹjáška)
Spanish: tano (es) m, tana (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay), espagueti (es) m or f, bachiche m or f (Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador), italianini m or f, bachicha (es) m or f (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru)
Swedish: spagge (sv) c, spaghettigubbe c
Ukrainian: макаро́нник (makarónnyk)

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”)

Anagrams

POW, PoW, pow

Middle English

Alternative forms

weop, wope

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wōp, from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /woːp/

Noun

wop (plural wopes)

Lamentation, crying, or weeping.

Descendants

English: woop, whoop

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

IPA^(key): /woːp/

Noun

wōp m (nominative plural wōpas)

weeping, lamentation

Declension

Declension of wop (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wōp	wōpas
accusative	wōp	wōpas
genitive	wōpes	wōpa
dative	wōpe	wōpum

Descendants

Middle English: wop, weop, wope
- English: woop, whoop

Verb

wōp

first/third-person singular past indicative of wēpan

Torricelli

Noun

wop

water

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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