tupping ram

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• tup — 1. noun a) A male sheep, a ram. ... to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter b) The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam driven hammer. Those… …   Wiktionary

• tup — [tʌp] noun chiefly Brit. a ram. verb (tups, tupping, tupped) 1》 chiefly Brit. (of a ram) copulate with (a ewe). 2》 N. English informal headbutt in a fight. Derivatives tupping noun …   English new terms dictionary

• Domestic sheep reproduction — A cross bred ewe suckles her lamb, which was the first of the 2008 spring lambing at a farm in Coventry, England As with other mammals, domestic sheep reproduction occurs sexually. Their reproductive strategy is very similar to other domestic… …   Wikipedia

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• tup — /tup/, n., v., tupped, tupping. n. 1. Chiefly Brit. a male sheep; ram. 2. the head of a falling hammerlike mechanism, as of a steam hammer or pile driver. v.t. 3. Chiefly Brit. (of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe). v.i. 4. Chiefly Brit. (of a ewe) …   Universalium

• tup — /tʌp / (say tup) noun 1. a male sheep; ram. 2. the head of a steam hammer or pile driver. –verb (t) (tupped, tupping) 3. (of a ram) to copulate with (a ewe). {Middle English tope, toupe; of unknown origin} …  

• tup — chiefly Brit. ► NOUN ▪ a ram. ► VERB (tupped, tupping) ▪ (of a ram) copulate with (a ewe). ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

• tup — [tup] n. [ME tupe] Chiefly Brit. 1. a male sheep; ram 2. the striking part of a pile driver or power hammer vt. tupped, tupping Chiefly Brit. to copulate with (a ewe): said of a ram …   English World dictionary

• tup — n. & v. n. 1 esp. Brit. a male sheep; a ram. 2 the striking head of a pile driver, etc. v.tr. (tupped, tupping) esp. Brit. (of a ram) copulate with (a ewe). Etymology: ME toje, tupe, of unkn. orig …   Useful english dictionary

• tup — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tupe Date: 14th century 1. chiefly British ram 1a 2. a heavy metal body (as the weight of a pendulum) II. transitive verb (tupped; tupping) Date: 1604 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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