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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Suárez trails only, yup, Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander, who had a 1.24 ERA in first 10 starts of 1916 and a 1.31 ERA in his first 10 starts of 1915.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
On the Raiders’ next possession — yup — another touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
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
“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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