delope

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verb

To fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.

OriginFrench déloper →
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Meanings

verbdelope (third-person singular simple present delopes, present participle deloping, simple past and past participle deloped)

present singular third person delopes · participle present deloping · participle past deloped · past deloped

  1. IrelandUKobsoleteTo fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.

    Scuddy said simply, “You deloped, Lord Harry. I was very proud of you.” “Deloped? Come, Scuddy, one delopes with a pistol. Our duel was with foils.”

    2003, Catherine Coulter, Lord Harry, Penguin, →ISBN, page 326
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    The old man raised his arm as though it had been palsied, and fired, of course without effect. The other principal immediately deloped, much to the satisfaction of my friend and all present.

    1868, Andrew Steinmetz, The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, page 107

Origin

  1. Frenchdéloper“throw away”
  2. Englishdelope

From French déloper (“throw away”).

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APA

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“delope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delope. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delope.

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