different between flype vs glype

flype

English

Alternative forms

  • flipe

Noun

flype (plural flypes)

  1. A fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat
  2. (mathematics) A transformation of a knot involving a 180° rotation of a tangle

Verb

flype (third-person singular simple present flypes, present participle flyping, simple past and past participle flyped)

  1. (Scotland, dated, transitive) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as when putting on or taking off a stocking.

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glype

English

Alternative forms

  • glipe

Noun

glype (plural glypes)

  1. (Ireland, slang) A stupid and annoying person.
    • 1896, William Handling, Grandmother's Death and Other Poems [1], New Haven: George D. Bone, page 8,
      Ye wee bit rakin' cheeky glypes, / Ye'll gang nae farther noo, / A jumpin' burns and six-fit dykes, / And rashes wadin' through.
    • 2000 October 12, "panopticon1299", "Re: Justice" [2], in alt.religion.bahai, Usenet,
      Mr Lyttle is yet another glype who ignores everything of substance. Is it any wonder the AO is in such a mess when it relies on the likes of ye to be its apologists?
    • 2002 July 13, Geoff Burns, "Re: the 11th night" [3], in alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove, Usenet,
      "Soozle" wan't acting the glype...

Anagrams

  • PEGyl, pegyl

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