up bup bup
[ʌp̚.bʌp̚.bʌp̚]
up bup bup is the alternative form of bup-bup-bup.
Meaning of bup-bup-bup
Interjection
(informal)
- An exclamation conveying a meaning equivalent to "wait"!
- Bup-bup-bup! Don't go just yet. You forgot something.
- Synonyms:
- ah ah ah
- Representing projectiles being shot.
- So the Sicilian comes out in me and I want to get the lupara, the short-barreled Sicilian shotgun, and just go ‘bup-bup-bup-bup.’1992 February 5, Jim Washburn, “Fixations: Sculpting to Scale […]”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026
Questions about up bup bup
- What is up bup bup the alternative form of?
- Up bup bup is the alternative form of bup-bup-bup.
- How do you pronounce up bup bup?
- Up bup bup is pronounced [ʌp̚.bʌp̚.bʌp̚].
Words near up bup bup in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: up bup bup (page history and authors); bup-bup-bup (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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