lowp

English

Verb

lowp (third-person singular simple present lowps, present participle lowping, simple past and past participle lowpt or lowped)

1. (Cumbria, Northumbria) To leap.

Anagrams

• LWOP, plow

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʌup/
• (Northern Isles, South West Central Scots) IPA^(key): /lup/

Verb

lowp (third-person singular simple present lowps, present participle lowpin, simple past lowpt, past participle lowpt)

1. to jump, leap, spring, vault

   lowp the dyke ― jump over the wall

   Deh lowp ower that fence!

   Do not jump over that fence!

References

• “lowp”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.