jap

See also: Jap, JAP, and jap.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortening of Japanese, in reference to Pearl Harbor.

Verb

jap (third-person singular simple present japs, present participle japping, simple past and past participle japped)

  1. (US, ethnic slur) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).

Anagrams


Albanian

Etymology

Variant of dialectal ap, from Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epye/o-, from *h₁ep- (to take). Compare Latin apīscor (I grasp), Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, fasten, bind), Old Armenian ունիմ (unim, possess). The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jap]

Verb

jap (first-person singular past tense dhashë, participle dhënë)

  1. I give

Conjugation


German

Interjection

jap

  1. (colloquial) yep; yup; yop
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