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gloppens

gloppens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gloppen.

Meaning of gloppen

Verb

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

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
    • "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.1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2000
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
    • 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."2006, Jeremy Iverson, High School Confidential: Secrets of an Undercover Student, →ISBN, page 59

Questions about gloppens

What is gloppens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gloppens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gloppen.

Words near gloppens in the dictionary

  1. gloping
  2. glopped
  3. gloppen
  4. gloppened
  5. gloppening
  6. gloppens
  7. gloppier
  8. gloppiest
  9. gloppily
  10. gloppiness
  11. glopping

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