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yup¹

  • /jʌp/
  • [jʌp̚]

Rhymes with -ʌp

Where it comes from

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent /p/): yeah + -p.

noun yups

  1. informal A yes; an affirmative answer. One was either a Yup or a Nope, depending upon his answer to that age-old question, "Gotcher deer yet?" I, of course, was still a Nope. Although Yups and Nopes looked pretty much alike they were as different as mallards from mongooses.

    Similar: yep

Opposite: nope

interjection

  1. informal Yes.

yup²

  • /jʌp/
  • [jʌp̚]

Rhymes with -ʌp

Where it comes from

Shortening.

noun yups

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of yuppie What we have these days is a diverse spectrum of yuppiness: guppies, buppies, indie yups, paleo-yups, luxe yups, schlub yups, dharma yups, tyro yups, crypto-yups.

YUP³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Yale University Press

noun YUPs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of young urban professional

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: yes, yep, yea, sure, right, aye, yeah, oui, truck, yay, garn, yah, gaby, hooah, ouais, affirmative

noun

Opposite: nope

Translations

Every language

intj (informal) yes

Españolsip
日本語うん un, ああ aa
Portuguêssim
Françaisouais, ouep
Deutschjo
Italianosine, già
Românădap
Русскийугу́ ugú, ага́ agá
العربيةنَعَم naʕam, إِي ʔī

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"yup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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yup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yup

Chicago

"yup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yup.

BibTeX
@misc{yup_2026,
  title = {yup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}