dup

See also: DUP and düp

English

Etymology

Blend of do +‎ up, from Middle English don up (“to open”). Compare don, doff, dout, dub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌp/
• Rhymes: -ʌp

Verb

dup (third-person singular simple present dupp, present participle ing, simple past and past participle dupped)

1. to open (a door, gate etc.)
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5:

     Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door;

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     He had seen, that Maundy Thursday afternoon, dupping their chamber door in all maaaaaaa innocence.

Anagrams

• PDU, Pud, UDP, pud

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Czech

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: dub

Interjection

1. Interjection describing stamping

Derived terms

• dupat
• dupnout
• dupy dup
• coby dup

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Homophone: dób

Noun

dup f

1. genitive plural of dupa