quop

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quappen, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwɒp/
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Verb

quop (third-person singular simple present quops, present participle quopping, simple past and past participle quopped)

(rare, intransitive) To throb or beat.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
  His heart quopped softly.

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