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yup

USYUP/jʌp/

Noun pluralyups

3 meanings of yup

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  1. 1
    interjectioncolloquial
    A casual word used to say yes.

    Yup, I'll be there at six.

    Are you coming with us? Yup!

    Similaryes, yeah, yep, sure

    Oppositeno, nah

  2. 2
    nouncolloquialcountable
    A short answer that means yes.

    I gave him a quick yup and got back to work.

    All she needed was a yup before she started cooking.

    Similaryes, yep, okay

    Oppositeno, nope

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  3. 3
    noundatedabbreviationclipping
    Clipping of yuppie. It's a short, casual way to say the same thing.

    The new café was full of yups sipping expensive coffee.

    He idled at a red light, saw two yups in matching cranberry crewnecks and khaki cargo shorts sitting on the pavement outside what used to be Primo's Pizza.
    2010, Dennis Lehane, Mystic RiverHere, yups means yuppies.
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Origin

It comes from "yeah" said with the mouth snapped shut at the end, adding a "p" sound.