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galp

galp verb: to gape; yawn.

Verb

galp (third-person singular simple present galps, present participle galping, simple past and past participle galped)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To gape; yawn.

Forms of galp

third-person singular presentgalps
present participlegalping
past participlegalped
pastgalped
alternative formgaup
alternative formgawp

Origin of galp

From Middle English galpen, from Old English *galpian, *ġealpian (“to gape, yawn, gulp”), suggested by derivative Old English ġealpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *galpōn, from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to gape, yawn, sound out, yap”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to call, cry out, shout, scream”). Cognate with North Frisian galpe (“to shout”), Saterland Frisian galpje (“to call, cry out, resound”), Low German galpen (“to bellow, roar, howl, bark”), Dutch galpen (“to yell, shout, howl”), dialectal Swedish galpa (“to screech, scream”), French japper (“to yelp, bark”). More at yelp.

Questions about galp

What does galp mean?
Galp means to gape; yawn.
What part of speech is galp?
Galp is a verb.
What is the past tense of galp?
The past tense of galp is galped.

Words near galp in the dictionary

  1. galoubet
  2. galoubets
  3. galouti
  4. Galoyan
  5. Galoyans
  6. galp
  7. galpal
  8. galpals
  9. galped
  10. galphimine
  11. galphimines

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