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Meaning of gloppen | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
    Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
  2. To terrify; astonish; surprise.
    Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive

Examples

“"O Job! if you will help me," exclaimed Mary, brightening up (though it was but a wintry gleam after all), "tell me what to say, when they question me; I shall be so gloppened,* I shan't know what to answer." / *Gloppened; terrified.”
“A pause before the intense guy cut in: "The Word of the Day is gloppen. Verb, transitive and intransitive. … One. To surprise or astonish. Two. To be startled or astonished. Gloppen."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gloppened gloppening gloppens glopping glops glore

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