glope

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verb

To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.

OriginMiddle English glopen ← Old Norse glápa ← Proto-Germanic *glupaną →
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Meanings

verbglope (third-person singular simple present glopes, present participle gloping, simple past and past participle gloped)

present singular third person glopes · participle present gloping · participle past gloped · past gloped · alternative glop · alternative glape

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.
nounglope (uncountable)

alternative glop · alternative glape

  1. obsoleteuncountableAstonishment; awe; fear.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰlub(ʰ)-“to yawn, gape”
  2. Proto-Germanic*glupaną“to shine, gape”
  3. Old Norseglápa“to stare vacantly”
  4. Middle Englishglopen
  5. Englishglope

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.

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APA

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

Chicago

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

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