tup

== Translingual == === Symbol === tup (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Tupi languages. == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʌp/ Rhymes: -ʌp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown. ==== Noun ==== tup (plural tups) A male sheep, a ram. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer. (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 [2] This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer.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 ===== (male sheep): ram ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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. Synonyms: rut; see also Thesaurus:copulate with Coordinate terms: (of females) blissom, oestruate (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. Synonyms: top up; see also Thesaurus:copulate with (regional English, slang, of a ram) To butt. ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== 1902: Websters: - to butt. 1986: Concise Oxford: - hammer. ===== Further reading ===== The Langley Chase Flock – explanation of tupping === Etymology 2 === Clipping of tuppence (“two pence”). ==== Noun ==== tup (uncountable) Two pence. === Anagrams === PTU, PUT, TPU, UTP, put == Livonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *tuppi, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *duppaz. Cognates include Finnish tuppi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtup/, [ˈtupː] === Noun === tup sheath ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “tup”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[6] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === tuhuupe (Mooring) töhop (Sylt) === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tō + *haupaz, thus “to heap, in a pile”. Compare Low German tohoop, German zuhauf. === Adverb === tup (Föhr-Amrum) together == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtup/ Rhymes: -up Syllabification: tup === Verb === tup second-person singular imperative of tupać == Romansch == === Etymology === Probably inherited from Gaulish. Compare Welsh twp (“stupid”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === tup m (feminine singular tuppa, masculine plural tups, feminine plural tuppas) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) silly == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tûːp/ === Adjective === tȗp (Cyrillic spelling ту̑п, definite tȗpī, comparative tȕpljī) blunt, dull obtuse (of an angle) dull, weak (feeling, pain, sound etc.) stupid, dull (person or action) flat (nose) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026