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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)
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, 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.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
2006, Jeremy Iverson, High School Confidential: Secrets of an Undercover Student, →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."
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Pronunciation
Noun
gloppen
- plural of glop