duppy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdʌpi/
duppy (plural duppies)
- (Caribbean) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
- (Jamaica, game) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
- (ghost) See Thesaurus:ghost
duppy (duppies, present participle duppying; past and past participle duppied)
- (MLE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
- 2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom" ↗, The Independent
- He refers to his intention to kill a schoolgirl pregnant with Jolie's unborn baby – who the pair believe is giving Jolie undue hassle. "I'll get da fiend to duppy her den," he writes.
- 2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Profile Books ISBN 9781847654816, page 176
- He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds.
- 2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom" ↗, The Independent
- (MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.
- 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011"
- I duppied every rave.
- 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011"
- (to kill) see Thesaurus:kill
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