gloppen
verbEtymology 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.
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Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal 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:
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Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal 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:
- Derived terms
- glopnedly