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Definition of cowp in English: cowpverbkaʊp [no object]Northern Irish, Scottish 1Fall over. excuse me if I don't cowp over with the shock of it all Example sentencesExamples - One foot on the window sill and one on the ladder, and suddenly you feel your ladder beginning to cowp on the hard snow and ice.
- The boat lurched to the right, then cowped to the left when efforts were made to correct the steering.
- The City Hall was not to be demolished and will now have to be intelligently adapted rather than cowped into landfill.
- She manages to get publicity mileage out of cowping downstairs.
- His father struck it hard with a piece of wood and it cowped forward.
- 1.1with object Tip or knock (something) over.
Jim would cowp the pot upside down Example sentencesExamples - His main aim turned out to be getting close enough to grab the side of our boat and cowping it over.
- I've cowped three or four motors on that daft bend.
- He nods and shakes his head vigorously, as if someone has just cowped a pail of rancid slops over him.
- The weight of my shopping bags over the handles cowped the whole thing clean over.
- She grabs his leg and cowps him with a thump.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'to strike or come to blows'): probably originally the same word as cope1. |