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orp

orp verb: to complain, grumble, or be discontented.

Verb

orp (third-person singular simple present orps, present participle orping, simple past and past participle orped)

  1. (Scotland) To complain, grumble, or be discontented.
    • My heart is ever orpin' on / The bonnie banks o' Tay.1895, Robert Ford, Tayside Songs and Other Verses, Alexander Gardner, page 12
  2. (Scotland) To be in ill health; to be sickly and shrivelled.
    • Of changling Imp—he spoke, no care could rear, / Which backward seemed to orp, from year to year.1820 November, Thomas Gillespie, “Sketches of Village Character”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 200

Forms of orp

third-person singular presentorps
present participleorping
past participleorped
pastorped

Origin of orp

Unknown; possibly related to warp.

Questions about orp

What does orp mean?
Orp means to complain, grumble, or be discontented.
What part of speech is orp?
Orp is a verb.
What is the past tense of orp?
The past tense of orp is orped.

Words near orp in the dictionary

  1. oroya
  2. Oroya fever
  3. oroyas
  4. Orozco
  5. Orozcos
  6. orp
  7. Orpah
  8. orpailleur
  9. orpailleurs
  10. orped
  11. orpedly

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