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How to pronounce tup in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ram
Type of sheep


a British term is `tup'.

Examples of tup

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So I shall have to drag or carry the deadweight of the tup all the way over there.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The area around Old Street is home to tup to 600 digital startups, by some estimates.
From the guardian.co.uk
As the calf and puppy could wait, it was an emergency response for the tup.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
In the end, the tup simply lies down in the middle of the field and begs me to arrest him.
From the telegraph.co.uk
On closer inspection, it's a tup with a red cross marked on its back.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The ground beneath is uneven and yesterday the tup in question got himself into a bit of a hollow.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
Sipping a mug of tea, he told me his damage had been caused by a rampant Herdwick tup head-butting him.
From the guardian.co.uk
A tup in a ditch upside down, first calf of the season born and a sheepdog puppy ready for collection.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
So, of several hundred male lambs born, only a dozen or so would be taken into their first winter as tup lambs.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
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  • An alternative term for ram.
  • A punch or set held by a wire handle, is held against a bolt head for the final drives of the maul. In narrowboat work it was used to fasten the bottoms to the bottom strakes.
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