glappa

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk gleppa (to slide), Old Norse glepja. Compare with origin of glipa, glop, gläfsa.

Verb

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glappa (present glappar, preterite glappade, supine glappat, imperative glappa)

  1. to have an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other); to be loose
    Skon glappar i hälen
    The back of the sole of the shoe is loose (and moves relatively to the rest of the shoe)
    Kontakten glappar
    The contact is loose (fails intermittently)
    Käften glappar
    You talk too much (your mouth is loose)

Conjugation

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Adjective

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glappa

  1. inflection of glapp:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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