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molly wop

molly wop verb: to hit (someone) hard.

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To hit (someone) hard.

Forms of molly wop

third-person singular presentmolly wops
present participlemolly wopping
past participlemolly wopped
pastmolly wopped
alternative formmollywop
alternative formmollywhop
alternative formmolly-wop
alternative formmolly whop
alternative formmolly-whop

Questions about molly wop

What does molly wop mean?
Molly wop means to hit (someone) hard.
What part of speech is molly wop?
Molly wop is a verb.
What is the past tense of molly wop?
The past tense of molly wop is molly wopped.

Words near molly wop in the dictionary

  1. molly millers
  2. molly moocher
  3. molly moochers
  4. Molly Mormon
  5. Molly Mormons
  6. molly wop
  7. molly-dooker
  8. molly-dookers
  9. molly-guard
  10. molly-guards
  11. molly-handed

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