tup

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌp

Etymology 1

From Middle English tupe, origin unknown.

Noun

tup (plural tups)

1. A male sheep, a ram.
   • 1790 [1]

     ... 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

2. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
   • (Can we date this quote?) [2]

     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.

   • (Can we date this quote?) [3]

     This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer.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?) [4]

     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

ram — see ram

head of a hammer

• Finnish: sorkka (fi)

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.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, Act 1, Scene 1

     "Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe." – (used metaphorically in the play).

   • 2001, Simon Hawke, A Mystery of Errors [5]

     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.

   • 2003, Pierre Delattre, Woman on the Cross [6]

     I was the one who convinced her you would not tup her, and that if you did you would never lie with her against her will.

3. (regional English, slang) To butt: said of a ram.

Synonyms

• (to have sex with): Wikisaurus:copulate

Translations

of a ram: to mate

• Finnish: astua (fi)

fuck — see fuck

External links

The Langley Chase Flock – explanation of tupping

References

• 1902: Websters: - to butt.
• 1986: Concise Oxford: - hammer.

Etymology 2

Short for tuppence (“two pence”).

Noun

tup (uncountable)

1. Two pence.

Anagrams

• put
• UTP

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Lojban

Rafsi

tup

1. rafsi of tuple.

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Romansch

Adjective

tup Template:tuppa f tupa, m plural tups, f plural tupas)

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

    positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tup	tupa	tupo
genitive		tupa	tupe	tupa
dative		tupu	tupoj	tupu
accusative	inanimate animate	tup tupa	tupu	tupo
vocative		tup	tupa	tupo
locative		tupu	tupoj	tupu
instrumental		tupim	tupom	tupim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tupi	tupe	tupa
genitive		tupih	tupih	tupih
dative		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)
accusative		tupe	tupe	tupa
vocative		tupi	tupe	tupa
locative		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)
instrumental		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)

    positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tupi	tupa	tupo
genitive		tupog(a)	tupe	tupog(a)
dative		tupom(u/e)	tupoj	tupom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	tupi tupog(a)	tupu	tupo
vocative		tupi	tupa	tupo
locative		tupom(e/u)	tupoj	tupom(e/u)
instrumental		tupim	tupom	tupim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tupi	tupe	tupa
genitive		tupih	tupih	tupih
dative		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)
accusative		tupe	tupe	tupa
vocative		tupi	tupe	tupa
locative		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)
instrumental		tupim(a)	tupim(a)	tupim(a)

    comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tuplji	tuplja	tuplje
genitive		tupljeg(a)	tuplje	tupljeg(a)
dative		tupljem(u)	tupljoj	tupljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	tuplji tupljeg(a)	tuplju	tuplje
vocative		tuplji	tuplja	tuplje
locative		tupljem(u)	tupljoj	tupljem(u)
instrumental		tupljim	tupljom	tupljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		tuplji	tuplje	tuplja
genitive		tupljih	tupljih	tupljih
dative		tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)
accusative		tuplje	tuplje	tuplja
vocative		tuplji	tuplje	tuplja
locative		tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)
instrumental		tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)	tupljim(a)

    superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najtuplji	najtuplja	najtuplje
genitive		najtupljeg(a)	najtuplje	najtupljeg(a)
dative		najtupljem(u)	najtupljoj	najtupljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najtuplji najtupljeg(a)	najtuplju	najtuplje
vocative		najtuplji	najtuplja	najtuplje
locative		najtupljem(u)	najtupljoj	najtupljem(u)
instrumental		najtupljim	najtupljom	najtupljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najtuplji	najtuplje	najtuplja
genitive		najtupljih	najtupljih	najtupljih
dative		najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)
accusative		najtuplje	najtuplje	najtuplja
vocative		najtuplji	najtuplje	najtuplja
locative		najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)
instrumental		najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)	najtupljim(a)