Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tup
Participle: tupped
Gerund: tupping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tup |
| you | tup |
| he;she;it | tups |
| we | tup |
| you | tup |
| they | tup |
Perfect
| I | have tupped |
| you | have tupped |
| he;she;it | has tupped |
| we | have tupped |
| you | have tupped |
| they | have tupped |
Past
| I | tupped |
| you | tupped |
| he;she;it | tupped |
| we | tupped |
| you | tupped |
| they | tupped |
Pluperfect
| I | had tupped |
| you | had tupped |
| he;she;it | had tupped |
| we | had tupped |
| you | had tupped |
| they | had tupped |
Future
| I | will tup |
| you | will tup |
| he;she;it | will tup |
| we | will tup |
| you | will tup |
| they | will tup |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tupped |
| you | will have tupped |
| he;she;it | will have tupped |
| we | will have tupped |
| you | will have tupped |
| they | will have tupped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tup |
| you | tup |
| he;she;it | tup |
| we | tup |
| you | tup |
| they | tup |
Perfect
| I | have tupped |
| you | have tupped |
| he;she;it | have tupped |
| we | have tupped |
| you | have tupped |
| they | have tupped |
Imperfect
| I | tupped |
| you | tupped |
| he;she;it | tupped |
| we | tupped |
| you | tupped |
| they | tupped |
Pluperfect
| I | had tupped |
| you | had tupped |
| he;she;it | had tupped |
| we | had tupped |
| you | had tupped |
| they | had tupped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tup |
| you | would tup |
| he;she;it | would tup |
| we | would tup |
| you | would tup |
| they | would tup |
Perfect
| I | would have tupped |
| you | would have tupped |
| he;she;it | would have tupped |
| we | would have tupped |
| you | would have tupped |
| they | would have tupped |
Imperative
| you | tup |
| we | Let's tup |
| you | tup |
Verbs conjugated like 'tup'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tup'
cup,
dup,
pup,
sup,
tap,
tip,
top,
tub,
tug,
tump,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.
Sample Sentences
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Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:]
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The Langley Chase Flock - explanation of tupping
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Tupping is the term used for when the rams cover the ewes. For our flock, this takes place in November when the ewes naturally come into season.
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I love her well enough to tup her, I suppose. A dangerous bit of business, that. She is as fertile as a bloody alluvial plain. [2001, Simon Hawke, A Mystery of Errors:]
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I was the one who convinced her you would not tup her, and that if you did you would never lie with her against her will. [2003, Pierre Delattre, Woman on the Cross:]