duppy
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duppy
- /ˈdʌpi/
Rhymes with -ʌpi
Where it comes from
Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).
noun duppies · duffy · duppie · doopy · dupie
- A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night. They firmly believe in the apparition of spectres. Those of deceased friends are duppies; others, of more hostile and tremendous aspect, like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.
- A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
verb duppies · duppying · duppied · duffy · duppie
- To kill; to murder. 2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom", The Independent He refers to his intention to kill a schoolgirl pregnant with Jolie's unborn baby – who the pair believe is giving Jolie undue hassle. "I'll get da fiend to duppy her den," he writes.
- To excel in. 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave.
