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tup

American  
[tuhp] / tʌp /

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.

  2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer or pile driver.

verb (used with object)

tupped, tupping

  1. Chiefly British. (of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe).

verb (used without object)

tupped, tupping

  1. Chiefly British. (of a ewe) to copulate.

tup British  
/ tʌp /

noun

  1. an uncastrated male sheep; ram

  2. the head of a pile-driver or steam hammer

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verb

  1. to cause (a ram) to mate with a ewe, or (of a ram) to mate with (a ewe)

  2. dialect to butt (someone), as in a fight

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Etymology

Origin of tup

1300–50; Middle English tope, tupe ram, of obscure origin

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