different between yup vs dup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
   • 1984, Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)

     But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...

   • 2003, Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)

     Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.

Synonyms

• yep

Antonyms

• (informal: a yes): nope

Interjection

yup

1. (informal) Yes.

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) Clipping of yuppie.
   • 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 448:

     Maxine has joined her sister Brooke's state-of-the-art health club Megareps around the corner but isn't quite used yet to this nightly spectacle of yups on treadmills, plodding to nowhere while watching CNN or the sports channels […]

Anagrams

• Pyu, puy

Catacao

Noun

yup

1. water

References

• ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?p/
• Hyphenation: yup
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

yup m (plural yuppen, diminutive yupje n)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

English

Etymology

Blend of do +? up, from Middle English don up (“to open”). Compare don, doff, dout, dub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

dup (third-person singular simple present dups, present participle dupping, simple past and past participle dupped)

1. to open (a door, gate etc.)

Anagrams

• PDU, Pud, UDP, pud

Czech

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: dub

Interjection

dup

1. Interjection describing stamping

Derived terms

• dupat
• dupnout
• dupy dup
• coby dup

Further reading

• dup in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dup in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dope, dopen, from Middle Dutch dôpen, from Old Dutch d?pen, from Proto-Germanic *daupijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?p]
• Hyphenation: dup

Verb

dup

1. (colloquial) to baptize, to christen

   Synonym: baptis

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dup” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dup/
• Homophone: dób

Noun

dup f

1. genitive plural of dupa