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Definition: Wop |
WopNoun1. Ethnic slur; offensive terms for a person of Italian descent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Synonyms: WopSynonyms: dago (n), greaseball (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Extraneousness | Noun: extraneousness; Adjective: extrinsicality; exteriority; alienage, alienism. foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant; creole, Africander; outsider; Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Get Nick, that greasy wop, shistos, pezza thingy gomorrah Greek bastard, if he's stupid enough to still be on this planet (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Ah, I knew it. That's all you need, one thieving wop on the team (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness) Just like a Wop to bring a knife to a gunfight (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness) Let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is. Johnny Fontane willl never get that movie! I don't care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo) If I was a wop, you wouldn't frisk me. (Lepke; writing credit: Tamar Simon Hoffs; Wesley Lau) | |
Lyrics | Everybody's block party gonna wop to this (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) Sha da do wop, da shaman do way, (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) You wanna let me go shoo be doo wa shoo wop ("Shout"; performing artist: The Isley Brothers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Wop Tony (1915) Canada Vignettes: Wop May (1979) | |
Song Titles | Doo Wop (That Thing) (performing artist: Lauryn Hill) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Wop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Wop" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "wop": wop-airs, wop-bama-lammed. | |
Ending with "wop": doo-wop. | |
Containing "wop": A-wop-bop-a-sidgwick-a-lop-bam-pan, whip-ma-wop-ma-gate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "wop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | италианец (italian), имигрант от южна европа. (various references) | |
Chinese | 痛击 (Whap, Whapped, Whapping, Whop, Whopping). (various references) | |
German | spaghetti (eyetie, spaghetti). (various references) | |
Greek | νοτιοευρωπαίοσ μετανάστησ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | olasz bevándorló, macskaevő, digó (dago, dingo, eyetie). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | opway.(various references) | |
Swedish | spaghettigubbe, dago (dago). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 42 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai balousin autouV eiV thn kaminon tou puroV ekei estai o klauqmoV kai o brugmoV twn odontwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et mittent eos in caminum ignis ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & asendeð hyo on fyres ofen þær byð wop & toðe gritbitung (sic) |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei schulen sende hem in to the chymney of fier, there shal be weping and betyng to gidere of teeth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylynge and gnasshing of teth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 42 |
| Cebuano | ug ilang igasalibay kini sila ngadto sa hudno nga magadilaab; didto ang mga tawo manag-panghilak ug managkagot sa ilang mga ngipon. |
| Chinese | 丟 在 火 爐 裡 ． 在 那 裡 必 要 " " 切 ' 了 。 |
| Croatian | i bace ih u peæ ognjenu, gdje æe biti plaè i škrgut zubi. |
| Danish | og de skulle kaste dem i Ildovnen; der skal være Gråd og Tænders Gnidsel. |
| Dutch | En zullen dezelve in den vurigen oven werpen; daar zal wening zijn en knersing der tanden. |
| Finnish | ja heittävät heidät tuliseen pätsiin; siellä on oleva itku ja hammasten kiristys. |
| German | und werden sie in den Feuerofen werfen; da wird sein Heulen und Zähneklappen. |
| Haitian Creole | Zanj yo va jete yo nan gwo founo k'ap boule a. Se la va gen rèl, se la moun va manje dan yo. |
| Hungarian | És bevetik õket a tüzes kemenczébe: ott lészen sírás és fogcsikorgatás. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka semua akan dibuang ke dalam tungku berapi yang bernyala-nyala; di situ mereka akan menangis dan menderita. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu dibuangkan-Nya ke dalam dapur yang berapi; di sanalah kelak tangisan dan kertak gigi. |
| Italian | e li getteranno nella fornace ardente dove sar pianto e stridore di denti. |
| Korean | ' 무 불 에 던 넣 으 리 니 거 기 서 울 며 이 를 갊 이 있 으 리 라 |
| Latvian | Un iemetîs tos uguns krâsnî. Tur bûs raudâðana un zobu grieðana. |
| Manx Gaelic | As tilgee ad ad ayns coirrey aileagh: ayns shen vees keayney as snaggeraght feeacklyn. |
| Maori | A ka maka e ratou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wahi tera o te tangi me te tetea o nga niho. |
| Norwegian | og de skal kaste dem i ildovnen; der skal være gråt og tenners gnidsel. |
| Portuguese | e lançá-los-ão na fornalha de fogo; ali haverá choro e ranger de dentes. |
| Rumanian | wi -i vor arunca kn cuptorul aprins; acolo va fi plknsul wi scrkwnirea dinyilor |
| Russian | Й ЧЧЕТЗОХФ ЙИ Ч ЕЮШ ПЗОЕООХА; ФБН 'Х"ЕФ МБЮ Й УЛТЕЦЕФ ЪХ'ПЧ; |
| Shuar | Nui Wi Aents Ajasu asan winia suntarun akupkattajai. Tura Ashí tunaan Túruinia nunasha tura chikichan tunaanum útsuinia nunasha mash irurar jinium apeawartatui. Nuisha ti uutin ti Wáitsatniusha átatui. |
| Spanish | y los echarán en el horno de fuego. Allí habrá llanto y crujir de dientes. |
| Swahili | na kuwatupa katika tanuru ya moto, na huko watalia na kusaga meno. |
| Swedish | och skola kasta dem i den brinnande ugnen; där skall vara gråt och tandagnisslan. |
| Uma | Hawe'ea tauna toera ratadi hi rala apu to wewo'. Hi ria-ra mpai' ntora geo' pai' ntodohaka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "wop": wops. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "wop": swop. (additional references) | |
Words containing "wop": swopped, swopping, swops, twopence, twopences, twopenny. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wop" (pronounced wÄ"p) |
| 3 | w Ä" p | swap. |
| 2 | -Ä" p | atop, bop, chop, cop, crop, drop, flop, glop, hop, knop, lop, mop, nonstop, op, plop, pop, prop, shop, Shoppe, slop, sop, stop, top. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pow. | |
| Words within the letters "o-p-w" | |
-1 letter: op, ow, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-p-w" | |
+1 letter: plow, pows, prow, swop, whop, wops. | |
+2 letters: plows, power, prowl, prows, stowp, swoop, swops, upbow, whomp, whoop, whops, woops. | |
+3 letters: blowup, bowpot, cowpat, cowpea, cowpie, cowpox, pawnor, pillow, plowed, plower, powder, powers, powter, powwow, prowar, prower, prowls, stowps, swoops, upbows, upflow, upgrow, uptown, wallop, weapon, whomps, whoops, wicopy, workup. | |
+4 letters: blowups, bowpots, cowflap, cowflop, cowpats, cowpeas, cowpies, cowplop, cowpoke, cowslip, dewdrop, empower, forepaw, fowlpox, grownup, impower, outweep, outwept, pawnors, peafowl, pillows, pillowy, pinwork, pinworm, plowboy, plowers, plowing, plowman, plowmen, plywood, postwar, powders, powdery, powered, powters, powwows, preshow, prework, prowess, prowest, prowled, prowler, putdown, repower, ropeway, sapwood, snowcap, sparrow, swooped, swooper, swopped, topwork, towpath, towrope, upflows, upgrown, upgrows, upthrow, uptowns, wallops, weapons, whomped, whooped, whoopee, whooper, whoopie, whoopla, whopped, whopper, winesop, wipeout, woopsed, woopses, workups, worship. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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