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tup¹
- /tʌp/
Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.
noun tups
-
A male sheep, a ram.
... to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter
Similar: ram
- The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. Those familiar with drop forging are accustomed to sizing drop hammers as 1 ton or 5 ton or whatever. This measure of the size is simply the weight of the tup. The total weight of the helve of No 2 is about 6.4 tons.
verb tups · tupping · tupped
-
To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.
Similar: rut, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know
-
To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
I love her well enough to tup her, I suppose. A dangerous bit of business, that. She is as fertile as a bloody alluvial plain.
Similar: top up, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know
- To butt.
tup²
- /tʌp/
Rhymes with -ʌp
Where it comes from
Clipping of tuppence (“two pence”).
noun
- Two pence.
TUP³
noun TUPs
- Abbreviation of transfer under pressure
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title = {tup},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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