squop

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɒp/

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Verb

squop (third-person singular simple present squops, present participle squopping, simple past and past participle squopped)

1. (tiddlywinks) To play a wink so that it comes to rest vertically above some or all parts of another wink.

Related terms

• squopped-out
• squopped-up

Noun

squop (plural squops)

1. (tiddlywinks) A wink that is squopped.
   • 1962 December 14, Life, page 121:

     Hold That Squop!

   • 2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 93:

     In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.

References

Tiddlywinks lexicon, http://www.tiddlywinks.org/lexicon/

Anagrams

• quops