Meanings
plural glypes · alternative glipe
- IrelandslangA stupid and annoying person.
1896, William Handling, Grandmother's Death and Other Poems http://books.google.com/books?id=pqgtAAAAMAAJ, New Haven: George D. Bone, page 8, Ye wee bit rakin' cheeky glypes, / Ye'll gang nae farther noo, / A jumpin' burns and six-fit dykes, / And rashes wadin' through.
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Mr Lyttle is yet another glype who ignores everything of substance. Is it any wonder the AO is in such a mess when it relies on the likes of ye to be its apologists?
2000 October 12, panopticon1299, “Re: Justice”, in alt.religion.bahai (Usenet)"Soozle" wan't acting the glype...
2002 July 13, Geoff Burns, “Re: the 11th night”, in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove (Usenet)
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glype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glype
“glype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glype. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glype.
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