quop
English
Alternative forms
- quap (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quappen, of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwɒp/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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.