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tup
(tŭp)n.
1. Chiefly British A male sheep; a ram.
2. A heavy metal body, especially the head of a power hammer.
v. tupped, tup·ping, tups
v.tr.
To copulate with (a ewe). Used of a ram.
v.intr.
To copulate with a ewe.
[Middle English tupe.]
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tup
(tʌp)n
1. (Animals) chiefly Brit an uncastrated male sheep; ram
2. (Tools) the head of a pile-driver or steam hammer
vb (tr) , tups, tupping or tupped
3. (Agriculture) to cause (a ram) to mate with a ewe, or (of a ram) to mate with (a ewe)
4. dialect Lancashire to butt (someone), as in a fight
[C14: of unknown origin]
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tup
(tʌp)n.
1. Chiefly Brit. a male sheep; ram.
2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer.
[1300–50; Middle English tope, tupe ram]
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tup
Past participle: tupped
Gerund: tupping
| Imperative |
|---|
| tup |
| tup |
| Present |
|---|
| I tup |
| you tup |
| he/she/it tups |
| we tup |
| you tup |
| they tup |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I tupped |
| you tupped |
| he/she/it tupped |
| we tupped |
| you tupped |
| they tupped |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am tupping |
| you are tupping |
| he/she/it is tupping |
| we are tupping |
| you are tupping |
| they are tupping |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have tupped |
| you have tupped |
| he/she/it has tupped |
| we have tupped |
| you have tupped |
| they have tupped |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was tupping |
| you were tupping |
| he/she/it was tupping |
| we were tupping |
| you were tupping |
| they were tupping |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had tupped |
| you had tupped |
| he/she/it had tupped |
| we had tupped |
| you had tupped |
| they had tupped |
| Future |
|---|
| I will tup |
| you will tup |
| he/she/it will tup |
| we will tup |
| you will tup |
| they will tup |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have tupped |
| you will have tupped |
| he/she/it will have tupped |
| we will have tupped |
| you will have tupped |
| they will have tupped |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be tupping |
| you will be tupping |
| he/she/it will be tupping |
| we will be tupping |
| you will be tupping |
| they will be tupping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been tupping |
| you have been tupping |
| he/she/it has been tupping |
| we have been tupping |
| you have been tupping |
| they have been tupping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been tupping |
| you will have been tupping |
| he/she/it will have been tupping |
| we will have been tupping |
| you will have been tupping |
| they will have been tupping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been tupping |
| you had been tupping |
| he/she/it had been tupping |
| we had been tupping |
| you had been tupping |
| they had been tupping |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would tup |
| you would tup |
| he/she/it would tup |
| we would tup |
| you would tup |
| they would tup |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have tupped |
| you would have tupped |
| he/she/it would have tupped |
| we would have tupped |
| you would have tupped |
| they would have tupped |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Noun 1. [画像:tup - uncastrated adult male sheep]tup - uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
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