Jap

proper noun

1. 1

   datedThe Japanese language.

   He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds?

   He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen. “You speak Jap?” asked Cullen. “Looks like it, doesn't it?”

2. 2

   Variant of JapaneseinformalClipping of Japanese.

noun

1. 1

   A Japanese person.

   Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never.

2. 2

   historicalAn Imperial Japanese Army soldier.

   The Japs had been confident that this first and sudden land grab could be accomplished without their becoming involved in a major war, and they were right.

   ‘The telegram says “missing”.’ ’Nothing about “presumed drowned”?’ Sorrel asked. ’Nothing.’ ’Then he could easily be a prisoner in the hands of the Japs,’ she persisted.

adjective

1. 1

   Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.

   A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.

verb

1. 1

   Variant of japAlternative letter-case form of jap.

Forms

plural

Japs

past tense

Japped

past participle

Japped

present participle

Japping

third person singular

Japs