English

Noun

yup ‎(plural yups)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
   • 1981, Patrick F. McManus & ‎Jack Samson, A Fine and Pleasant Misery, ISBN 1466809396, page 196:

     One was either a Yup or a Nope, depending upon his answer to that age-old question, "Gotcher deer yet?" I, of course, was still a Nope. Although Yups and Nopes looked pretty much alike they were as different as mallards from mongooses.

   • 1984, Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)

     But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...

   • 2003, Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)

     Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.

   • 2015, Sarah Price, Second Chances: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, ISBN 1629982393:

     His hands moved, gesturing towards the two bidders, enticing them to raise their stakes against each other, as he chanted a litany of numbers followed by “going once, going twice” only to be followed by a resounding “yup” as he turned, alternately, towards each of the two men.

2. A yuppie.
   • 2008, Jeff Gordinier, X Saves the World, ISBN 1440639612:

     What we have these days is a diverse spectrum of yuppiness: guppies, buppies, indie yups, paleo-yups, luxe yups, schlub yups, dharma yups, tyro yups, crypto-yups.

   • 2010, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, ISBN 0748124799:

     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.

Antonyms

• (informal: a yes): nope

Interjection

yup

1. (informal) Yes.

Translations

Anagrams

• puy, Pyu

Catacao

Noun

yup

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 261

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏp

Noun

yup m ‎(plural yuppen, diminutive yupje n)

1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)