different between yop vs yomp

English

Etymology 1

YOP

Noun

yop (plural yops)

1. a person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s.

Synonyms

• yopper

Etymology 2

Interjection

yop

1. (colloquial, informal) affirmative

Synonyms

• yes    [WS]

Anagrams

• PYO, Pyo, poy, pyo-

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Adjective

yop

1. pliable, soft

English

Etymology

1980s British military slang. Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /j?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

yomp (plural yomps)

1. (Royal Marines military slang) A long-distance march carrying full kit.

Translations

Verb

yomp (third-person singular simple present yomps, present participle yomping, simple past and past participle yomped)

1. To make a strenuous long-distance march.
   • 1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine, page 155

     Whilst 3 Para and 45 Commando yomped across East Falkland, accompanied by the two Troops of Blues and Royals, 42 Commando were helicoptered forward to Mount Kent and 2 Para to Bluff Cove.

   • 2001, Peter F. Hamilton, "The Suspect Genome", part 2

     She gestured out of the window wall. "Unless it was a real professional who yomped in over the fields, the only way to get here is to drive through the village. And believe me, that's not so easy."

   • 2006, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey, page 133

     He was French, and spoke in damning terms of the 'contre-la-montre' walkers who yomped in before lunch-time and yomped out again before dawn

Synonyms

• (to make a march): trek

Translations

Anagrams

• mopy