wetback

What does wetback mean?

wetback means "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent".

How many syllables are in wetback?

wetback has 2 syllables and divides as wet-back under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wetback?

Close synonyms include greaser, taco. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wetback a common word?

wetback is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wetback come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.