glope

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.
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Noun

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glope (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear.

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