English Explanatory Dictionary

dup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to open (a door, gate etc.)
name
  1. Initialism of Democratic Unionist Party.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

dup dups dupping dupped

Etymology

From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub.

Related words

lub-dup
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