yup

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see also: YUP

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /jʌp/

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
   • 1984, Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)

     But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...

   • 2003, Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)

     Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.

Synonyms

• yep

Antonyms

• (informal: a yes) nope

Interjection

1. (informal) Yes.

Translations

• French: ouais, ouep
• German: jo
• Italian: sine, già
• Portuguese: sim
• Russian: угу́
• Spanish: síp

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. (informal) Clipping of yuppie#English|yuppie.
   • 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage 2014, p. 448:

     Maxine has joined her sister Brooke's state-of-the-art health club Megareps around the corner but isn't quite used yet to this nightly spectacle of yups on treadmills, plodding to nowhere while watching CNN or the sports channels […]

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YUP

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Proper noun

1. Initialism of Yale University Press

Noun

yup (plural yups)

1. Initialism of young urban professional

Related terms

• yuppie

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