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    cowp
    /kaʊp/

    verb

    • 1. fall over: Scottish, Northern Irish "excuse me if I don't cowp over with the shock of it all"

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  2. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 543181What is the meaning and derivation of 'cowp'?

    Aug 9, 2020 · If you cowp something you make it fall or tip it over, usually accidentally, eg if you are at the dinner table and you carelessly hit the teacup and make it fall over, you have cowped the cup. My parents would say, “Watch what you’re doing or else you’ll cowp that cup!”

  3. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › cowpcowp - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Nov 2, 2023 · cowp (plural cowps) ( Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place . ( dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune .

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › COWPCOWP - definition of COWP by The Free Dictionary

    1. a brilliant and successful stroke or action. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) short for coup d'état. [C18: from French: blow, from Latin colaphus blow with the fist, from Greek kolaphos] coup. ( kaʊp) or. cowp.

  5. www.dsl.ac.uk › entry › sndDictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: coup v1

    COUP, COWP, v. 1, tr. and intr. Coup is the most common spelling, but cowp represents the most gen. pronunciation. Rarer spellings are cope , coap , coop , kup , cup . Also found in n.Eng. dial. [kʌup Sc., but Uls. + kop; kop s.Arg.; kup, kʌp I.Sc.]

  6. educalingo.com › en › dic-enCOWP - Definition and synonyms of cowp in the English dictionary

    «Cowp» Meaning of cowp in the English dictionary with examples of use. Synonyms for cowp and translation of cowp to 25 languages.

  7. www.onelook.comDefinitions of cowp - OneLook - OneLook Dictionary Search

    Definitions from Wiktionary (cowp) noun : (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place. noun : (dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune.

  8. www.urbandictionary.com › defineUrban Dictionary: cowp

    Feb 21, 2008 · pronounced (cow-p) Irish word meaning to fall or more often to get tired and go to sleep. Often used to describe those who can't handle their guinness. similar to a "fader" " I reckon he's about to cowp" "don't cowp on me know" "I'm away for a cowp" by Steve Mack February 21, 2008. Get the cowp mug. cowped. The action of tipping something over.

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  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › coup_v1cowp, v.¹ meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    coup | cowp, v.¹ meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

  11. www.wordnik.com › words › cowpcowp - definition and meaning - Wordnik

    One surprising thing is how many ordinary words have an unknown or obscure etymology, for instance L8 of the LAE tip (v) shows eight words: cowp, keck, kick, shelve, shoot, skell, tip, tipe of which only shoot has a clear etymology and cowp may come from French.