hup

Interjection

1. The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.
   • After four we raise our swords. One two three four... hup two three four... hup two three four.
   • "Hup, two, three, fo', . . . " cracked the American voice out of the foggy darkness.1943 February 8, The Goulburn Evening Post, NSW, Australia, page 3, column 5
2. (dialectal) A call to turn a horse to the right.

   Antonyms:

   hie

Verb

hup (third-person singular simple present hups, present participle hupping, simple past and past participle hupped)

1. (transitive) To urge (a horse) to turn right with a cry of "hup".

   Antonyms:

   hie