Wop

Quick meaning: Wop is a noun meaning (ethnic slur) An person of Italian descent.

Meaning

(ethnic slur) An person of Italian descent.

More Meanings

1. Alternative form of whop (“to hit or strike”).

Example Sentences

Detective J.J. McVea of the Charles street station, who arrested the boys, says that the robbery of the safe was a remarkable one and showed no trace of amateurism. It was committed by four boys. Besides Lyons and Murphy, he says, there were in it Albert Moquin, 14 years old, of 68 West Third street, and one whom Lyons calls “Oscar the Wop,” or “Oscar the Dago.”

There was a time, not very long ago, when you couldn't find a Wop -- that means an Italian in the latest downtown dialect -- in Danny's resort even by using a microscope. But to-day it's different. The members of the Five Points gang, all dark skinned sons of Sicily, grew tired of flitting from place to place, with no set rendezvous for their nightly gatherings. A number of the Pointers used to frequent the place, and it wasn't long before the entire gang became regulars.

Word Forms

• wops
• wopping
• wopped

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dago, greaseball, guinea, doop, kaw, jap.

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