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- 1. fall over: Scottish, Northern Irish "excuse me if I don't cowp over with the shock of it all"
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Aug 9, 2020 · If you cowp something you make it fall or tip it over, usually accidentally, eg if you are at the dinner table and you carelessly hit the teacup and make it fall over, you have cowped the cup. My parents would say, “Watch what you’re doing or else you’ll cowp that cup!”
Nov 2, 2023 · cowp (plural cowps) ( Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place . ( dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune .
Definitions from Wiktionary (cowp) noun: (Scotland, Northern Ireland, slang) A filthy and disgusting place. noun: (dialect) A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune. verb: To fall or tip over.
Feb 21, 2008 · pronounced (cow-p) Irish word meaning to fall or more often to get tired and go to sleep. Often used to describe those who can't handle their guinness. similar to a "fader". " I reckon he's about to cowp". "don't cowp on me know". "I'm away for a cowp". by Steve Mack February 21, 2008. Get the cowp mug.
Learn the meaning and pronunciation of coup or cowp, a Scots word for upset, overturn, or empty. See examples of different spellings and dialects from various regions of Scotland.
1. a brilliant and successful stroke or action. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) short for coup d'état. [C18: from French: blow, from Latin colaphus blow with the fist, from Greek kolaphos] coup. ( kaʊp) or. cowp.
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