Standard Lemma guide

dup

name · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dʌp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌp

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Democratic Unionist Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to open (a door, gate etc.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub.