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    dup
    verb (used with object)
    to open.
  • dup.
    dup.
    abbreviation
    duplicate.

dup

1 American  
[duhp] / dʌp /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.
dupped, dupping
  1. to open.


dup. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. duplicate.


dup British  
/ dʌp /

verb

  1. archaic (tr) to open

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dup

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

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She picked up the first award of the night - best pop dup performance - for Ghost in the Machine, a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2024

But the amberjack salad with chimichurri and brown-butter vinaigrette is very delicious, as is the hwe dup bap — sashimi and trout roe over warm rice made extra-fishy by tiny black dots of flyingfish roe.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2017

Recommended Dishes Pyunche salad; cucumber kimchi; ssam buns; hwe dup bap; soon du bu; gochu ramyun; Fish Coop; so ramyun.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2017

Does hwe dup bap sometimes seem like a fast-casual creation, like something you might find on a really, really good day at Tender Greens?

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2014

Eu dup sink in, our dive; Dak dopa mire; Min dipi bathe.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)

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