stupe
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stjuːp/, /stuːp/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -uːp
Etymology 1
Shortening of stupid.
Noun
stupe (plural stupes)
- (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
- He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!
- 1984, Stephen King, Gramma
- George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.
She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!
- George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.
Noun
stupe (plural stupes)
- A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.
- 1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress
- And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.
- 1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress
Verb
stupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)
- To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- stupe it at least thrice a Day
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
Anagrams
- TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, upset
Latin
Verb
stupē
- second-person singular present active imperative of stupeō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse stúpa.
Verb
stupe (imperative stup, present tense stuper, passive stupes, simple past stupte, past participle stupt, present participle stupende)
- to dive, plunge
Related terms
- stup (noun)
- stuper (noun)
- stuping
References
- “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
stupe (present tense stuper or styp, past tense stupte or staup, supine stupt or stope, past participle stupt or stopen, present participle stupande, imperative stup)
- Alternative form of stupa