dup.

¹

abbreviation

1. duplicate.

dup

²

[duhp]

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

dupped, dupping 

1. to open.

dup

/ dʌp /

verb

1. archaic,  (tr) to open

Word History and Origins

Origin of dup.¹

1540–50; contraction of do ¹ + up; doff, don ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of dup.¹

C16: contraction of _do ¹ + _up

Example Sentences

During the earlier debate, before Leadbeater's intervention, former DUP leader Baron Dodds of Duncairn said the bill needed further changes to ensure "all the necessary safeguards" were in place.

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DUP councillor Michelle Knight-McQuillan said the community's "prayers are with the young girl in hospital this morning".

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The DUP minister was among a number of unionist politicians who took part in the six-day trip, which was organised by the Israeli government.

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The same costs and details were declared on the register by his DUP colleague David Brooks and Ulster Unionist assembly member Steve Aiken, who were also on the trip.

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DUP Leader Gavin Robinson is in London at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph to lay a wreath at the monument in central London as part of the service to remember those who died in conflict.

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