TUP (tupped, tupping)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: tupped    , tupping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tup mean? 

• TUP (noun)
  The noun TUP has 1 sense:

1. uncastrated adult male sheep

  Familiarity information: TUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uncastrated adult male sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ram; tup

Context example:

a British term is 'tup'

Hypernyms ("tup" is a kind of...):

sheep (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)

Meronyms (parts of "tup"):

horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)