dup en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dʌp/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub.
Meanings
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to open (a door, gate etc.)
He had seen, that Maundy Thursday afternoon, dupping their chamber door in all maaaaaaa innocence.
1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door;
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dups | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dupped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dupped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dupping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |