noun
Meaning 1
A male sheep, a ram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
tup
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noun
Meaning 2
The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- http://www.key-to-steel.com/Articles/Art168.htm This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer.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.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060713221918/http://www.steelcorp.com/term.htm 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.
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noun
Meaning 3
Two pence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of transfer under pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 5
To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rut, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: top up, Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To butt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: English, regional, slang
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noun
Meaning 8
uncastrated adult male sheep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a British term is `tup'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sheep
History
Etymology
From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.
Clipping of tuppence (“two pence”).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sorkka — head of a hammer
- Catalan: amarrir — of a ram: to mate
- Finnish: astua — of a ram: to mate