noun
Meaning 1
An person of Italian descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, slur
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wop
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /wɒp/
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General-American: /wɑp/
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rhymes with -ɒp
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CMU ARPABET: W AA1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of wop (“derogatory: Italian”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Acronym of workshop-oriented programming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Italian
History
Etymology
From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”). Contrary to popular belief, the term is not an acronym of without passport or working off passage, which are backronyms derived from the term. First attested in New York City around 1906, eventually also spreading to Canada, Australia, and Britain.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: жаба́р (žabár) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Danish: spaghetti — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Danish: spaghettiæder — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Danish: sortsmudsker — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Danish: fejlfarve — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Dutch: spaghettivreter — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Dutch: spaghettivreetster — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Dutch: macaronivreter — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Dutch: pizzavreter — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Estonian: makaroniõgija — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Finnish: italiaano — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Finnish: makaroni — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Finnish: Luigi — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- French: rital — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- French: macaroni — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Itaker — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Itakerin — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Spaghettifresser — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Spaghettifresserin — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Tschingg — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Tschingili (Baden) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Itaka — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Katzelmacher — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Katzelmacherin — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Makkaronifresser — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Makkaronifresserin — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Spaghetti — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- German: Tschingg — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Hungarian: digó — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Japanese: ウォップ (woppu) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Korean: 이태리 놈 (Itaeri nom) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Korean: 이탈리아 놈 (Itallia nom) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Macedonian: жа́бар (žábar) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Polish: makaroniarz — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Portuguese: macarrone — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Portuguese: carcamano — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Portuguese: latacho — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Romanian: macaronar — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Russian: италья́шка (italʹjáška) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Russian: макаронник (makaronnik) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: tano — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: tana — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: espagueti — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: bachiche — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: italianini — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Spanish: bachicha — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Swedish: spagge — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Swedish: spaghettigubbe — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent
- Ukrainian: макаро́нник (makarónnyk) — derogatory term for a person of Italian descent