adjective
General Slang
loupin'
· adjective · scottish
In agony — or literally jumping/heaving with something.
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Definitions
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In serious pain. Your head's loupin' after a night out, your back's loupin' from lifting boxes. The pain is so bad it's basically pulsing.
“Ma heid's loupin', pass us the paracetamol.”
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Heaving, crawling, infested — a place packed with people or, worse, something gross.
“That hostel wis loupin' wi bedbugs.”
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Literally jumping or leaping. The original sense, still alive in phrases like 'loup the dyke' (jump the fence).
“The wean wis loupin' aboot the trampoline.”
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loupin' In A Sentence
Ma heid's loupin', pass us the paracetamol.
That hostel wis loupin' wi bedbugs.
The wean wis loupin' aboot the trampoline.
Origin & Usage
From Scots 'loup' (to leap), from Old Norse 'hlaupa'. Same root as English 'leap'.
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