gloppen

See also: Gloppen

English

Etymology

From Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glúpna (“to frighten, grieve, look downcast”), from Proto-Germanic *glupnōną (“to frighten, cause to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glúpna (“to put to shame”). More at glope.

Verb

gloppen (third-person singular simple present gloppens, present participle gloppening, simple past and past participle gloppened)

1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
   • 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton‎^[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2000:

     "O Job! if you will help me," exclaimed Mary, brightening up (though it was but a wintry gleam after all), "tell me what to say, when they question me; I shall be so gloppened,* I shan't know what to answer." / *Gloppened; terrified.

2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
   • 2006, Jeremy Iverson, High School Confidential: Secrets of an Undercover Student‎^[2], →ISBN, page 59:

     A pause before the intense guy cut in: "The Word of the Day is gloppen. Verb, transitive and intransitive. … One. To surprise or astonish. Two. To be startled or astonished. Gloppen."

Derived terms

• glopnedly

Related terms

• glop
• glope

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

gloppen

1. plural of glop