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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As a finale, yup, confetti blasted out over those onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
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 Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
And yup, Hudson is in the lobby pretty quickly.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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