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wop  (wp)

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

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[Italian dialectal guappo, thug, from Spanish guapo, handsome, dashing, braggart, bully, from French dialectal wape, rogue, from Latin vappa, flat wine, scoundrel.]

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wop¹

n

(Social Science / Peoples) Slang derogatory a member of a Latin people, esp an Italian

[probably from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, braggart, from Spanish guapo]

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wop²

vb wops, wopping, wopped

n

a variant spelling of whop

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wop - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent dago, ginzo, greaseball, Guinea derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy

Translations

Wop [wɒp] N (offensive) → italiano/a m/f

wop

n (pej sl) → Spag(h)ettifresser(in) m(f) (pej sl)