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yup

[ yuhp ]

adverb

, Informal.
  1. yes.


yup

/ jʌp /

sentence substitute

  1. See yes
    an informal word for yes


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yup1

Form of yeah as an isolated or emphatic utterance, with p representing closing of the lips, creating, in effect, an unreleased labial stop (and perhaps also lowering the vowel); compare the parallel use of p in nope

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Example Sentences

Yup, Evelyn and Donald Knapp are “ordained Christian ministers” suing for the right to discriminate.

Yup, it was right there, within that eight-plex apartment building, where the Ebola outbreak in Dallas refused to die.

Yup, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared President Obama to an ape.

Asked about them backstage, Stinson allows an awkward pause, sips his drink and finally just says “Yup.”

Journals aren't interested in null results or "yup, we replicated that other study"; they want new studies with new findings.

See Yup departed the day that the syndicate took possession.

"Yup," interrupted Miss Taylor, who had scarcely ceased talking since breakfast that morning.

Mr. Yup complies with the request, and responds by telegraph, "Me you trunkee you sendee."

So the matter dropped, and See Yup remained master of the situation.

The outlaw grinned: "Make a mistake sometimes, same as other folks—yup I picked him."

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