"glope" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English glopen, probably from Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), from Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”). See also gloppen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glopen}} Middle English glopen, {{der|en|non|glápa|t=to stare vacantly}} Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*glupaną|t=to shine, gape}} Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰlub(ʰ)-|t=to yawn, gape}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”), {{cog|is|glápa|t=to watch, stare at}} Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), {{cog|nl|gluipen|t=to sneak}} Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), {{cog|nds|glupen|t=to look askance, leer}} Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), {{cog|sco|gloup|t=chasm, cleft}} Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”), {{l|en|gloppen}} gloppen Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} glope (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-glope-en-noun--a~kGzaa Disambiguation of Fear: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glop, glape [Scotland]

Verb

Forms: glopes [present, singular, third-person], gloping [participle, present], gloped [participle, past], gloped [past]
Etymology: From Middle English glopen, probably from Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), from Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”). See also gloppen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glopen}} Middle English glopen, {{der|en|non|glápa|t=to stare vacantly}} Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*glupaną|t=to shine, gape}} Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰlub(ʰ)-|t=to yawn, gape}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”), {{cog|is|glápa|t=to watch, stare at}} Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), {{cog|nl|gluipen|t=to sneak}} Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), {{cog|nds|glupen|t=to look askance, leer}} Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), {{cog|sco|gloup|t=chasm, cleft}} Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”), {{l|en|gloppen}} gloppen Head templates: {{en-verb}} glope (third-person singular simple present glopes, present participle gloping, simple past and past participle gloped)
  1. (intransitive, dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare. Tags: dialectal, intransitive Related terms: gloppen
    Sense id: en-glope-en-verb-uZwbwxb4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glop, glape [Scotland]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for glope meaning in English (4.8kB)

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