v. Obs. exc. dial. [Later form of QUAP v.] To beat, throb, palpitate.

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a. 1658.  Cleveland, Model New Relig., 32. How Quops the Spirit? In what Garb or Air?

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1679.  Dryden, Limberham, III. ii. Oh, my Eyes grow dim! my Heart quops, and my back aketh.

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1681.  Ballad Dk. Monmouth, in Shaksp. Cent. Praise, 387. His great Heart quops, his Courage fails.

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1848.  A. B. Evans, Leicestersh. Words, Quop, to throb (used also in Gloucestershire) as in the suppuration of boils and abscesses.

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1889.  A. Gissing, Both of this Parish, I. v. 103. It makes a body’s heart quop to hear tell of such a history.

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