▪ I. jap, v. U.S. slang.
(dʒæp)
[f. Jap n.]
trans. To make a sneak attack on; also, to queer the pitch of (a person).
In restricted use.
| 1957 New Yorker 21 Sept. 135/1 ‘They japped us,’ a third boy said, meaning that the Cherubs had taken them by surprise. 1958 H. E. Salisbury Shook-up Generation (1959) ii. 29 An uncertain area where one side or another may at any sudden moment ‘jap’ an unwary alien. 1971 D. E. Westlake I gave at the Office 170 Joe would hate me forever and would probably jap me with Mr. Clarebridge. |
▪ II. jap
dial. form of jaup.