orp

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verb

To complain, grumble, or be discontented.

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Meanings

verborp (third-person singular simple present orps, present participle orping, simple past and past participle orped)

present singular third person orps · participle present orping · participle past orped · past orped

  1. ScotlandTo complain, grumble, or be discontented.

    My heart is ever orpin' on / The bonnie banks o' Tay.

    1895, Robert Ford, Tayside Songs and Other Verses, Alexander Gardner, page 12
  2. ScotlandTo be in ill health; to be sickly and shrivelled.

    Of changling Imp—he spoke, no care could rear, / Which backward seemed to orp, from year to year.

    1820 November, Thomas Gillespie, “Sketches of Village Character”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 200

Origin

Unknown; possibly related to warp.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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