quop

Q10U1O1P3
/kwɒp/

verb

To throb or beat.

OriginMiddle English quappen →
Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbquop (third-person singular simple present quops, present participle quopping, simple past and past participle quopped)

present singular third person quops · participle present quopping · participle past quopped · past quopped · alternative obsolete quap

  1. intransitiverareTo throb or beat.

    His heart quopped softly.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishquappen
  2. Englishquop

Inherited from Middle English quappen, of onomatopoeic origin.

More words from Middle English

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

quop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quop

MLA

“quop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quop.

Source: quop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.