wop
See also: woþ
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editwop (plural wops)
Synonyms
editTranslations
editperson of Italian descent
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Etymology 2
editVerb
editwop (third-person singular simple present wops, present participle wopping, simple past and past participle wopped)
- Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”)
See also
editAnagrams
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English wōp, from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwop (plural wopes)
- Lamentation, crying, or weeping.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “wọ̄p(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“clamour, weeping”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwōp m (nominative plural wōpas)
Declension
editDeclension of wōp (strong a-stem)
Descendants
editVerb
editwōp
Torricelli
editNoun
editwop
References
edit- 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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