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tup

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tʌp/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tup)

Inflections of 'tup' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
tups
v 3rd person singular
tupping
v pres p
tupped
v past
tupped
v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tup (tup),USA pronunciation 
n. 
  1. Animal Husbandry, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a male sheep;
    ram.
  2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer or pile driver.

v.t. 
  1. Animal Husbandry, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.](of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe).

v.i. 
  1. Animal Husbandry, British Terms[Chiefly Brit.](of a ewe) to copulate.
  • Middle English tope, tupe ram, of obscure origin, originally 1300–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tup /tʌp/ n
  1. chiefly Brit an uncastrated male sheep; ram
  2. the head of a pile-driver or steam hammer
 vb (tups, tupping, tupped) (transitive)
  1. to cause (a ram) to mate with a ewe, or (of a ram) to mate with (a ewe)
Etymology: 14th Century: of unknown origin
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