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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wop (wop),USA pronunciation n. Slang (disparaging and offensive).- Slang Termsan Italian or a person of Italian descent.
- Latin vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w perh. by association with a related Gmc word
- Spanish guapo pimp, ruffian, via dialect, dialectal French
- Italian (Neapolitan dialect, dialectal) guappo swaggerer
- 1910–15, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wop /wɒp/ n - slang derogatory a member of a Latin people, esp an Italian
Etymology: 20th Century: probably from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, braggart, from Spanish guapo whop (hwop, wop),USA pronunciation v., whopped, whop•ping, n. [Informal.]v.t. - to strike forcibly.
- to defeat soundly, as in a contest.
- to put or pull violently;
whip:to whop out a book.
v.i. - to plump suddenly down;
flop.
n. - a forcible blow.
- the sound made by it.
- a bump;
heavy fall.
Also, whap, wap. - Middle English, variant of wap 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: whop, wop, (less commonly)whap /wɒp/ informal vb (whops, whopping, whopped)- (transitive) to strike, beat, or thrash
- (transitive) to defeat utterly
- (intransitive) to drop or fall
n - a heavy blow or the sound made by such a blow
Etymology: 14th Century: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin |