cowp
/kaʊp
/verb [no object] Scottish & Northern Irish
1Fall over: excuse me if I don’t cowp over with the shock of it all...
- 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.
- His father struck it hard with a piece of wood and it cowped forward.
- She manages to get publicity mileage out of cowping downstairs.
1.1 [with object] Tip or knock (something) over: Jim would cowp the pot upside down...
- She grabs his leg and cowps him with a thump.
- 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.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'to strike or come to blows'): probably originally the same word as cope1.