English

Noun

wog ‎(plural wogs)

1. (Britain, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person. Most commonly used to refer to people of Indian, North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
2. (Australia, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.

Translations

Synonyms

• (person of Italian descent): dago
• (person of Italian descent): Eyetie
• (person of Italian descent): goombah
• (person of Italian descent): greaseball
• (person of Italian descent): guido
• (person of Italian descent): guinea
• (person of Italian descent): wop

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of polliwog.

Noun

wog ‎(plural wogs)

1. Abbreviation of polliwog
2. (nautical, slang) Short for pollywog, or a sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

wog ‎(plural wogs)

1. (Australia slang) A minor illness, a bug, an insect or parasite.

Etymology 4

Initialism, coined by L. Ron Hubbard.

Noun

wog ‎(plural wogs)

1. (Scientology) A person who is not a Scientologist.

Etymology 5

Initialism.

Noun

wog ‎(plural wogs)

1. (piping/valves) WOG = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.

Etymology 6

Unknown.

Verb

wog ‎(third-person singular simple present wogs, present participle wogging, simple past and past participle wogged)

1. (slang) To steal.

Derived terms

• woggish

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voːk/

Verb

wog

1. First-person singular preterite of wiegen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of wiegen.
3. First-person singular preterite of wägen.
4. Third-person singular preterite of wägen.