different between qop vs wop

English

Noun

qop

1. Alternative spelling of qoph

References

• [1]

English

Etymology

From Neapolitan guappo (“dude, stud”), a greeting borrowed from Spanish guapo (“bold, handsome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

wop (plural wops)

1. (Britain, US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.

Synonyms

• (person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog

Translations

Verb

wop (third-person singular simple present wops, present participle wopping, simple past and past participle wopped)

1. (Southern US) to physically hit, especially hitting a person with a hand

Anagrams

• POW, pow

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wope, weop

Etymology

From Old English w?p, from Proto-Germanic *w?paz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wo?p/

Noun

wop (plural wopes)

1. the action of or a moment of crying or weeping; lamentation

Descendants

• English: woop, whoop

References

• “w??p(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *w?paz (“clamour, weeping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wo?p/

Noun

w?p m (nominative plural w?pas)

1. weeping, lamentation

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: wop, weop
  • English: woop, whoop

Torricelli

Noun

wop

1. water

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66