dup
/dʌp/
dup verb: to open (a door, gate etc.).
Verb
dup (third-person singular simple present dups, present participle dupping, simple past and past participle dupped)
- to open (a door, gate etc.)
- Then up he rose and donned his clothes, / And dupped the chamber door;c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- He had seen, that Maundy Thursday afternoon, dupping their chamber door in all maaaaaaa innocence.1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
Proper noun capitalized: DUP
DUP
- Initialism of Democratic Unionist Party.
Forms of dup
| third-person singular present | dups |
|---|---|
| present participle | dupping |
| past participle | dupped |
| past | dupped |
Origin of dup
From Middle English don up (“to open”), equivalent to a blend of do + up. Compare don, doff, dout, dub.
Words that rhyme with dup
Questions about dup
- What does dup mean?
- Dup means to open (a door, gate etc.).
- What part of speech is dup?
- Dup can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dup?
- Dup is pronounced /dʌp/.
- What is the past tense of dup?
- The past tense of dup is dupped.
Words near dup in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dup (page history and authors); DUP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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