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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 · cowp (plural cowps) (Scotland, Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place. (dialect) A reversal of fortune; An unexpected misfortune. Verb : cowp (third-person singular simple present cowps, present participle cowping, simple past and past participle cowped) To fall or tip over.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 .

  5. 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.

  6. 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.]

  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.

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

    What does the verb coup mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb coup, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and Scottish English. Entry status.

  10. acronyms.thefreedictionary.com › COWPCOWP - What does COWP stand for? The Free Dictionary

    Looking for online definition of COWP or what COWP stands for? COWP is listed in the World's most authoritative dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms.

  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.