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3-letter words (2 found)

PUT,TUP,

2-letter words (2 found)

UP,UT,

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Definitions and meaning of tup

tup

Translingual

Symbol

tup

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Tupi languages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʌp/
  • Rhymes: -ʌp

Etymology 1

From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.

Noun

tup (plural tups)

  1. A male sheep, a ram.
  2. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
    • (Can we date this quote?) [2]
      This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer. The process can be carried out by open forging where the hammer is replaced by a tup and the metal is manipulated manually on an anvil.
    • (Can we date this quote?) [3]
      Rockwell hardness test: A method of measuring hardness. The hardness is expressed as a number related to the depth of the residual penetration. A test for determining the hardness of a material based on the depth of penetration of a specified penetrator in to the specimen under certain arbitrarily fixed condition of test. A hardness test where the loss in kinetic energy of a falling diamond tipped metal ‘tup’, absorbed by indentation upon impact of the tup on the metal being tested is indicated by the height of rebound.
Synonyms
  • (male sheep): ram
Translations

Verb

tup (third-person singular simple present tups, present participle tupping, simple past and past participle tupped)

  1. To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
    • (Can we date this quote?) The Langley Chase Flock - explanation of tupping
      Tupping is the term used for when the rams cover the ewes. For our flock, this takes place in November when the ewes naturally come into season.
  2. (slang) To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
  3. (regional English, slang) To butt: said of a ram.
Synonyms
  • (to mate): rut
  • (to have sex with): Thesaurus:copulate with
Coordinate terms
  • (to mate, of a female animal): blissom, oestruate
Translations
References
  • 1902: Websters: - to butt.
  • 1986: Concise Oxford: - hammer.
Further reading

The Langley Chase Flock – explanation of tupping

Etymology 2

Short for tuppence (“two pence”).

Noun

tup (uncountable)

  1. Two pence.

Anagrams

  • PTU, PUT, TPU, UTP, put

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuppi, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *duppaz. Cognates include Finnish tuppi.

Noun

tup

  1. sheath

Declension

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tup/
  • Rhymes: -up
  • Syllabification: tup

Verb

tup

  1. second-person singular imperative of tupać

Romansch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adjective

tup m (feminine singular tuppa, masculine plural tups, feminine plural tuppas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) silly

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tûːp/

Adjective

tȗp (definite tȗpī, comparative tȕpljī, Cyrillic spelling ту̑п)

  1. blunt, dull
  2. obtuse (of an angle)
  3. dull, weak (feeling, pain, sound etc.)
  4. stupid, dull (person or action)
  5. flat (nose)

Declension


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