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doup

UK/daʊp/

doup noun: the bottom end of something; the human buttocks.

Noun

doup (plural doups)

  1. (Scotland) The bottom end of something; the human buttocks.
    • on the eve of Ellison's wedding they took him as he was going into his house and took off his breeks and tarred his dowp and the soles of his feet and stuck feathers on them and then they threw him into the water-trough, as was the custom.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 16
  2. (Scotland) A cigarette butt.
    • They were getting stuff, empty bottles and doups to smoke, getting matches off men to light them.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 53

Forms of doup

pluraldoups
alternative formdowp

Questions about doup

What does doup mean?
Doup means the bottom end of something; the human buttocks.
What part of speech is doup?
Doup is a noun.
How do you pronounce doup?
Doup is pronounced /daʊp/ (UK).
What is the plural of doup?
The plural of doup is doups.

Words near doup in the dictionary

  1. doundaké
  2. doundoun
  3. doundouns
  4. doune
  5. Dounreay
  6. doup
  7. doupes
  8. doupion
  9. doupioni
  10. doupions
  11. douppioni

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