gloppen
transitive verb
glop·pen
ˈgläpə̇n
-ed/-ing/-s
now dialectal, England
: surprise, alarm, astonish
Word History
Etymology
Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glūpna to be surprised, frightened, or downcast; akin to Swedish dialect glūpa to gape, swallow, Old Frisian glūpa to look, Middle Low German glūpen to look with half-closed eyes, and perhaps to Old English geolu yellow