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tup | tub |

In lang=en terms the difference between tup and tub

is that tup is to have sex with, to bonk, etc while tub is a corpulent or obese person.

As nouns the difference between tup and tub

is that tup is a male sheep, a ram while tub is a flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.

As verbs the difference between tup and tub

is that tup is to mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe while tub is to plant, set, or store in a tub.

tup

English

(wikipedia tup)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tupe, origin unknown.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male sheep, a ram.
  • * 1790 [http://books.google.com/books?id=orhMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA222&dq=%22a%20tup%20in%20an%20halter%22#v=onepage&q=%22a%20tup%20in%20an%20halter%22&f=false]
    • ... to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter
  • The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.
  • * (rfdate) [http://www.topforge.co.uk/Magazines/Hammer2.htm]
    • Those familiar with drop forging are accustomed to sizing drop hammers as 1 ton or 5 ton or whatever. This measure of the size is simply the weight of the tup . The total weight of the helve of No 2 is about 6.4 tons.
  • * (rfdate) [http://www.key-to-steel.com/Articles/Art168.htm]
    • This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer. The process can be carried out by open forging where the hammer is replaced by a tup and the metal is manipulated manually on an anvil.
  • * (rfdate) [http://www.steelcorp.com/term.htm]
    • Rockwell hardness test: A method of measuring hardness. The hardness is expressed as a number related to the depth of the residual penetration. A test for determining the hardness of a material based on the depth of penetration of a specified penetrator in to the specimen under certain arbitrarily fixed condition of test. A hardness test where the loss in kinetic energy of a falling diamond tipped metal ‘tup ’, absorbed by indentation upon impact of the tup on the metal being tested is indicated by the height of rebound.
    Synonyms
    * (male sheep) ram

    Verb

    (tupp)
  • To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe.
  • *
    • Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.
  • * (rfdate) The Langley Chase Flock - explanation of tupping
    • Tupping is the term used for when the rams cover the ewes. For our flock, this takes place in November when the ewes naturally come into season.
  • (slang) To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
  • * 2001 , Simon Hawke, A Mystery of Errors [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0812564545&id=iu5CUMiNTUMC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22tup+her%22&sig=VIxFsnbUvckFmygYjq6Shc8r9bg]
    • I love her well enough to tup her, I suppose. A dangerous bit of business, that. She is as fertile as a bloody alluvial plain.
  • * 2003 , Pierre Delattre, Woman on the Cross [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0966861256&id=oc7an025f9MC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=%22tup+her%22&sig=rbHJq6-MuXoPp0MAdXGJ28SIGdI]
    • I was the one who convinced her you would not tup her, and that if you did you would never lie with her against her will.
  • (regional English, slang) To butt: said of a ram.
    • Synonyms
    * (to have sex with)
    External links
    The Langley Chase Flock – explanation of tupping
    References
    * 1902: Websters: - to butt. * 1986: Concise Oxford: - hammer.

    Etymology 2

    Short for .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Two pence.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    tub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
    • He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
  • The contents or capacity of such a vessel.
    • He added a tub of margarine to the stew.
  • A bathtub.
  • (nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
  • (humorous, or, derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
  • * South
    • All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs , in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.
  • A small cask.
    • a tub of gin
  • Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
  • (mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
  • (obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (slang) A corpulent or obese person.
    • Lars': You ready to help take down Gizmo?
    '''Vault Dweller''': You bet. Let's nail that '     tub     . [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/LARS.MSG]

    Derived terms

    * bathtub * hot tub * tubby

    Verb

    (tubb)
  • To plant, set, or store in a tub.
    • to tub a plant
  • To bathe.
  • * London Spectator
    • Don't we all tub in England?

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tub")

    Anagrams

    * * ----