TUP


Meaning of TUP in English

/tup/ , n. , v. , tupped, tupping .

n.

1. Chiefly Brit. a male sheep; ram.

2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer or pile driver.

v.t.

3. Chiefly Brit. (of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe).

v.i.

4. Chiefly Brit. (of a ewe) to copulate.

[ 1300-50; ME tope, tupe ram, of obscure orig. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .