tup
See also: туп
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
tup
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.
Noun edit
tup (plural tups)
- A male sheep, a ram.
- 1790, Annals of Agriculture[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
- The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
- 1991, Dr J. McQuaid, “The 'Size' of the No.2 Hammer”, in The Cutting Edge:
- 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?) [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- This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer.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 edit
- (male sheep): ram
Translations edit
ram — see ram
Verb edit
tup (third-person singular simple present tups, present participle tupping, simple past and past participle tupped)
- To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white 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.
- (slang) To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
- 2001, Simon Hawke, A Mystery of Errors[4]:
- 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[5]:
- 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.
- (regional English, slang) To butt: said of a ram.
Synonyms edit
- (to mate): rut
- (to have sex with): Thesaurus:copulate with
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
fuck — see fuck
References edit
- 1902: Websters: - to butt.
- 1986: Concise Oxford: - hammer.
Further reading edit
The Langley Chase Flock – explanation of tupping
Etymology 2 edit
Short for tuppence (“two pence”).
Noun edit
tup (uncountable)
- Two pence.
Anagrams edit
Livonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *tuppi, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *duppaz. Cognates include Finnish tuppi.
Noun edit
tup
Declension edit
Declension of tup (79)
singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
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nominative (nominatīv) | tup | tupūd |
genitive (genitīv) | tup | tupūd |
partitive (partitīv) | tuppõ | tupīdi |
dative (datīv) | tuppõn | tupūdõn |
instrumental (instrumentāl) | tuppõks | tupūdõks |
illative (illatīv) | tuppõ | tupīž |
inessive (inesīv) | tupsõ tups |
tupīs |
elative (elatīv) | tupstõ tupst |
tupīst |
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tup
Romansch edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tup m (feminine singular tuppa, masculine plural tups, feminine plural tuppas)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tȗp (definite tȗpī, comparative tȕpljī, Cyrillic spelling ту̑п)
- blunt, dull
- obtuse (of an angle)
- dull, weak (feeling, pain, sound etc.)
- stupid, dull (person or action)
- flat (nose)
Declension edit
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) |