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• tupping — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of tup (II) chiefly Britain : breeding used of sheep …   Useful english dictionary

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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

• tittup — I. noun Etymology: imitative of the sound of a horse s hooves Date: 1703 lively, gay, or restless behavior II. intransitive verb ( tupped or tuped; tupping or tuping) Date: 1785 to move in a lively manner often with an exaggerated or affected… …   New Collegiate 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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• Glossary of sheep husbandry — The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of …   Wikipedia