tupping
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; Middle English tope, tupe ram, of obscure origin
1300–50; Middle English tope, tupe ram, of obscure origin
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| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (Brit) an uncastrated male sheep; ram |
| 2. | the head of a pile-driver or steam hammer |
| —vb , tups, tupping, tupped | |
| 3. | 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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Tupping
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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