stupe

/stjuːp/

stupe noun: a stupid person or (rarely) thing.

Noun (1)

stupe (plural stupes)

(slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
- He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!
- George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.
  She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!1984, Stephen King, Gramma

stupe (plural stupes)

A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.
- And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress

stupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)

To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
- stupe it at least thrice a Day1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

நீரொற்று, பணிதல், வளைந்து கொடுத்தல்

Noun
plural	stupes
Verb
third-person singular present	stupes
present participle	stuping
past participle	stuped
past	stuped

Shortening of stupid.

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

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What does stupe mean?: Stupe means a stupid person or (rarely) thing.
What is stupe in Tamil?: Stupe in Tamil is நீரொற்று, பணிதல், வளைந்து கொடுத்தல். See Stupe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stupe?: Stupe can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stupe?: Stupe is pronounced /stjuːp/.
What is the plural of stupe?: The plural of stupe is stupes.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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