stupe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stjuːp/, /stuːp/

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• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

Shortening of stupid.

Noun

stupe (plural stupes)

1. (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

   He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

   • 1984, Stephen King, Gramma:

     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!

Etymology 2

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

Noun

stupe (plural stupes)

1. A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.
   • 1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress:

     And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.

Verb

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

1. To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     stupe it at least thrice a Day

Anagrams

• TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, upset

Latin

Verb

stupē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stupeō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse stúpa.

Verb

stupe (imperative stup, present tense stuper, passive stupes, simple past stupte, past participle stupt, present participle stupende)

1. to dive, plunge

Related terms

• stup (noun)
• stuper (noun)
• stuping

References

• “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stupe (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, supine stupt or stope, past participle stupt or stopen, present participle stupande, imperative stup)

1. Alternative form of stupa