gloppen verb2 •(dialect, UK) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast •(dialect, UK) To terrify; astonish; surprise.A pause before the intense guy cut in: "The Word of the Day is gloppen. Verb, transitive and intransitive. … One. To surprise or astonish. Two. To be startled or astonished. Gloppen." — 2006 formsgloppened · gloppening · gloppens