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Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; < Italian (Neapolitan dial.) guappo swaggerer < Spanish guapo pimp, ruffian, via dialectal French < Latin vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w perhaps by association with a related Gmc word
1910–15, Americanism; < Italian (Neapolitan dial.) guappo swaggerer < Spanish guapo pimp, ruffian, via dialectal French < Latin vappa wine that has gone flat, worthless person; initial w perhaps by association with a related Gmc word
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whop, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap (wɒp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , whops, whopping, whopped | |
| 1. | (tr) to strike, beat, or thrash |
| 2. | (tr) to defeat utterly |
| 3. | (intr) to drop or fall |
| —n | |
| 4. | a heavy blow or the sound made by such a blow |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
| wop, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
| whap, informal (less commonly) wop or informal (less commonly) whap | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C14: variant of wap, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| wop1 (wɒp) | |
| —n | |
| slang, derogatory a member of a Latin people, esp an Italian | |
| [C20: probably from southern Italian dialect guappo dandy, braggart, from Spanish guapo] | |
| wop2 (wɒp) | |
| —vb, —n , wops, wopping, wopped | |
| a variant spelling of whop | |
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Word Origin & History
wop
derogatory for "Italian," 1912, Amer.Eng. slang, apparently from southern It. dialect guappo "dandy, dude, stud," a greeting among male Neapolitans, said to be from Sp. guapo "bold, dandy," which is from L. vappa "sour wine," also "worthless fellow;" related to vapidus (see vapid).
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