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tup

  [tuhp] ,noun, verb, tupped, tup⋅ping.
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–noun
1. Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer or pile driver.
–verb (used with object)
3. Chiefly British. (of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe).
–verb (used without object)
4. Chiefly British. (of a ewe) to copulate.
Origin:
1300–50; ME tope, tupe ram, of obscure orig.
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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