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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!”

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

    COWP is a misspelling of coup, which means a brilliant stratagem, a sudden overthrow of a government, or a feat of bravery in battle. Learn how to spell and use coup in different contexts and languages.

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

    Nov 2, 2023 · English. [edit] Noun. [edit] cowp (plural cowps) (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place. (dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune. Verb. [edit] cowp (third-person singular simple present cowps, present participle cowping, simple past and past participle cowped) To fall or tip over. Anagrams. [edit] OPCW.

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

    Learn the meaning and pronunciation of coup or cowp, a Scots word for upset, overturn, or empty. See examples of different spellings and dialects from various regions of Scotland.

  6. transwikia.com › what-is-the-meaning-and-derivation-of-cowpWhat is the meaning and derivation of 'cowp'? - transwikia.com

    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.

  7. educalingo.com › en › dic-enMeaning of "cowp" in the English dictionary - educalingo

    Cowp is a verb that means to cow or to make someone cow. Learn how to conjugate cowp in different tenses and moods, find synonyms and antonyms, and translate cowp to 25 languages.

  8. 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.