tupn.
/tʌp/, U.S. /təp/ a. A male sheep; a ram.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > male > uncastrated or ram
rameOE
tup13..
billerc1560
Roger1762
stone-ram1765
buck1812
13.. Ballad Scot. Wars xxvii, in Ritson Anc. Songs & Ball. (1877) 38 A Toupe sal stande agayn ay Bare.
c1340 [see tup-head n. at Compounds 1a]. a1400–50 Alexander 5566 Þai ware hedously hoge & horned as Tupis.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. viii. 77 The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude Ywombe[d] side.
1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) C v b Aries, a tup or a ram.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mi/1 A Tip, shepe, aries.
1590 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 58 A touppe iijs viijd.
1590 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 61 Seven towpes.
1594 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 118 Three tupes.
1600 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 123 Towe old tupps.
1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 61 To run ful but, as rams, or tups, use to do, one against another.
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Useful Projects 107/1 He sells no tups, but lets them at from 5 guineas to 30 guineas for the season.
1804 W. Scott Let. 19 May (1932) I. 222 Long sheep and short sheep, and tups and gimmers, and hogs and dinmonts, had made a perfect sheepfold of my understanding.
1903 Times 12 Feb. 12/4 Heavy sheep 7½d. to 8d.; ewes and tups 6d. to 7d.
b. transferred. Applied to a person.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife
cuckolda1250
cornutoc1430
unicorn1509
hoddypolla1529
summer bird1541
Actaeon1567
knight of the forked order1586
Vulcanian1598
hoddy-doddy1601
becco1604
ram-head1605
cornute1608
horn-stock1611
skimmington1623
horn-heada1640
tup1652
half-moon1659
cuck1706
1652 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon iii. i Cuckolds' sconce, Or haven, to which all the tups strike sail.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. viii The Ship being clear'd of Dingdong and his Tups.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Tup, a ram; figuratively a cuckold.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 261 ‘He'll be a Teviotdale tup tat ane,’ said the chairman, ‘tat's for keeping ta crown o' ta causeway tat gate.’
1880 E. Smith Verses 68 Douce old tups.
c. transferred (a) A pavier's mallet. (b) The head of a forge-hammer or steam-hammer. (c) The falling weight of a pile-engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > other hammers
hand-hammereOE
maulc1225
plating hammer1543
bucker1653
axe-hammer1681
brick hammer1688
chipping hammer1783
tup1848
clinch-hammer1850
tack-hammer1865
bucking hammer1875
bloat1881
ringer1883
key hammer1884
peen hammer1885
straight pein1904
toffee hammer1958
society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > mechanical and power hammers > parts of
rabbet1825
tup1848
society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > pile-drivers > weight of
ram1256
tup1884
1848 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 46 Little undersized munkeys, not much heigher than tups at thay knock boolders daan we i't street.
1873 Iron 5 Apr. 356/1 A 45-cwt. double-acting Nasmyth's steam hammer, with wrought iron tup.
1884 Building News 15 Aug. 242/3 Ram, tup, monkey, are names variously given by workmen to the block..which is let fall upon the head of the pile.
1907 Daily Chron. 22 Mar. 9/5 The heavy ‘tup’ comes down smack! on the bar.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
tup-breeder n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-farmer
sheep-mastera1520
wool-master?1552
sheepman1591
tup-man1790
flock-master1798
sheep-farmer1805
tup-breeder1831
squatter1840
pastoralist1879
sheep-walker1885
wool king1889
wool-owner1894
sheep cocky1949
1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 82 in Farm-rep. In order to suit the market, the tup-breeders preserved only the finest of their young store.
tup-head n.
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c1340 Peter & Paul 248 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 79/1 When þe heuede was smiten awaie, A tope-heued on þe erde laie.
tup-horn n. (in quot. attributive)
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1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 24 Twall Toop Horn Spoons doun Magy lays.
tup-mutton n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > types of mutton
ram mutton1599
Welsh muttona1627
wether-mutton1707
turnip-muttona1722
marsh mutton1724
traik1802
Southdown1818
pré salé1839
Southdowner1841
tup-mutton1844
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 100 Tup-mutton..is always hard, of disagreeable flavour, and in autumn not eatable.
tup-seller n.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of specific animals
frogwoman1823
tup-seller1831
1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 82 in Farm-rep. To the surprise of the tup-sellers..nothing could be sold [at the fair] but tups of coarse quality.
b.
tup-headed adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 138 Did you ever hear such an old tup-headed ass?
C2.
tup-eild adj. (also tup-eill) [eild adj., geld adj., yeld adj.] Scottish of a ewe: barren.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > barren
tup-eild1823
1823 Farmer's Mag. 278 At the lambing time..there were found 99 tup-eild ewes and gimmers.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 38 If she has failed being in lamb she is said to be a tup-eill gimmer.
tup fair n. a fair or annual market mainly for the sale of rams.
tup-hog n. a male lamb from its weaning till its first shearing.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by age
hog1306
ewe-hog1531
tup-hog1591
one shear1614
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > male
wether lamb?a1500
ram lamb1570
tup-hog1591
pur-lamba1722
tup-lamba1722
pur1787
1591 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 30 Shepe remainynge in this parishe... At North Pittington a tuppe hogge.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 38 After a lamb has been weaned, until the first fleece is shorn from its back..a female is called a ewe-hogg, a male a tup-hogg.
tup-lamb n. a he-lamb.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > male
wether lamb?a1500
ram lamb1570
tup-hog1591
pur-lamba1722
tup-lamba1722
pur1787
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 313 They used..to cut their tup-lambs early within six weeks old.
1786 R. Burns Poems 64 My poor toop-lamb, my son an' heir.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 613 Tup-lambs are allowed to retain their full tails until a year old, in order to strengthen the back.
tup-man n. one who keeps and supplies rams for breeding purposes.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-farmer
sheep-mastera1520
wool-master?1552
sheepman1591
tup-man1790
flock-master1798
sheep-farmer1805
tup-breeder1831
squatter1840
pastoralist1879
sheep-walker1885
wool king1889
wool-owner1894
sheep cocky1949
1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 429 Getting rams, to be let out again, to inferior tupmen, as ramgetters.
tup running n. see quot.
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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Tup running,..in Derbyshire, a ram whose tail is well soaped and greased is turned out to the multitude, any one that can take him by the tail and hold him fast is to have him for his own.
tup society n. a sheep-breeding association.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep breeding association
tup society1799
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 309 In 1796 there was a new Tup Society established at Lincoln, for the encouragement of breeding.
tup-yeld adj. (also tup-yield) = tup-eild adj.
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Tup-yield, tup-eild, a term applied to a ewe, that proves barren.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
tupv.
/tʌp/, U.S. /təp/ 1.
a. transitive. Of the ram: To copulate with (the ewe); also transferred (coarse slang), of a man: to copulate with (a woman).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > mate
blissom?a1475
tupa1616
rama1660
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with > specifically of a man
jape1382
overliec1400
swivec1405
foilc1440
overlay?a1475
bed1548
possess1592
knock1598
to get one's leg over1599
enjoy1602
poke1602
thrum1611
topa1616
riga1625
swingea1640
jerk1650
night-work1654
wimble1656
roger1699
ruta1706
tail1778
to touch up1785
to get into ——c1890
root1922
to knock up1934
lay1934
pump1937
prong1942
nail1948
to slip (someone) a length1949
to knock off1953
thread1958
stuff1960
tup1970
nut1971
pussy1973
service1973
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 89 An old blacke Ram Is tupping your white Ewe. View more context for this quotation
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 30 Those that have theire Ewes tupped betimes.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 222 They will not be ridden, tupp'd, and ramm'd.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1108 Most of the ewes will be tupped during the second week the tup is amongst them.
1861 Times 16 Oct. Ewes are tupped on grass, have hay on the winter pasture in case of deep snow, lamb in the same field, and are also fattened off on grass.
1970 B. W. Aldiss Hand-reared Boy 96 In Derbyshire's dull dorms... When lesser souls abused themselves, out-classed, Our Dancer, saint and patron, he upped and tupped the matron.
1976 R. Jeffries Two-faced Death xviii. 210 You wouldn't tup her?.. Neither of us cut out for adultery.
b. To beget (a lamb); in quot. 1721 passive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > give birth
eanOE
yeana1387
ewe1579
lamba1642
tup1721
sling1750
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 307 The Lamb where it's tipped, and the Ewe where she's clipped. A proverbial Rule about Tythes; signifying that the Lamb shall pay Tythes in the Place where the Ewe was when she took the Ram, but the old Sheep where they were shorn.
c. To put (ewes) to the ram. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > put ewes to ram
tup1799
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 318 Mr. Skipwith of Alesby tups 1400 ewes.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 337 Little farmers, who tup under 60 ewes.
2. intransitive.
a. Of the ewe: To admit the ram. Also transferred.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > specifically of a woman
tup1549
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Fijv These old women..will euer yet haue this prouerbe (lyfe is lyfe) in their mouthes, still plaie the wantons, and still be tuppyng.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 5 The tuppes goinge allwayes with them, some of the ewes will tuppe sooner, and some later.
b. Of the ram: To copulate. Also transferred.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > to mate
tup1614
1614 C. Brooke in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. F6v Whiles thy Rams do Tup, thy Ewes do twyn.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 306 Tip when you will, you shall Lamb with the Leave [= lave].
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [verb (transitive)] > defile by adultery > dishonour husband by adultery
byhorec1440
hornc1550
behorn1574
Actaeon1582
to make to wear the stag's crest1591
cornute1597
adhorn1605
hornify1607
tup1608
capricornify1611
cornify1611
cuckolda1616
Vulcan1624
wittol1624
branch1633
shoehorn1638
capricorn1665
cuckoldize1682
to liquor (a person's) bootsa1704
ram-head1713
1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. A4 She was my wife and by her meanes, my head Was fayrely tupt and you will buy a Lanthorne: Bespeake my sconce, tis ready hornd and all.
4. transitive and intransitive. ‘To but like a ram’ (Johnson).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > butt (as a ram)
turra1400
tup1654
1654 [see tupping n. at Derivatives].
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Tup,..to butt.
Derivatives
tupped adj. and n. /tʌpt/
/tʌpt/ΚΠ
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 318 Never give turnips to tupped ewes.
ˈtupping n. (also attributive).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > mating
ramminga1525
blissoming1589
tupping1654
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. iv. 89 Ramms taken for Gyants,..the Wethers bels for Drumms, and their taile clouts, their colours, their tupping and rutting for the maine Battalia.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 599 A shepherd..has attentively observed the tupping, and marked the reckoning of every ewe.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 80 The ewes will have been marked at tupping-time for each week's lambing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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