tup

tup  (tp)

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.

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[Middle English tupe.]

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tup [tʌp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Chiefly Brit an uncastrated male sheep; ram

2. (Engineering / Tools) the head of a pile-driver or steam hammer

vb tups, tupping, tupped (tr)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cause (a ram) to mate with a ewe, or (of a ram) to mate with (a ewe)

2. Lancashire dialect to butt (someone), as in a fight

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tup - uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" ram horn - one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat