yup
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of yup
Form of yeah as an isolated or emphatic utterance, with p representing closing of the lips, creating, in effect, an unreleased labial stop (and perhaps also lowering the vowel); compare the parallel use of p in nope
Example Sentences
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And yup — guessed it — they went into neighborhoods that were quickly gentrifying.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023
"I picked the best one for me, which was probably one of the cheapest but also one of the easiest ones to do, and I thought yup, next day delivery, I'll have that."
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023
Hurts came right back and hit Brown - who bowled over cornerback Kristian Fulton - for, yup, a 40-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead.
From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2022
EssilorLuxottica is also the largest manufacturer and distributor of lenses, controlling leading brands such as Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Foster Grant and, yup, the Transitions lenses for my Ray-Ban frames.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2022
“Then yup, that’s where we’re heading,” I said.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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