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Translingual
Symbol
hup
English
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Interjection
hup
- The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.
- After four we raise our swords. One two three four... hup two three four... hup two three four.
- 1943 February 8, The Goulburn Evening Post, NSW, Australia, page 3, column 5:
- "Hup, two, three, fo', . . . " cracked the American voice out of the foggy darkness.
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Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
hup
- interjection describing a quick, jumping movement
- Synonym: hop
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “hup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Interjection
hup
- Synonym of hoppa (“let's go, hey presto, alley-oop”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
hup
- inflection of huppen:
Gothic
Romanization
hup
- Romanization of 𐌷𐌿𐍀
Irish
Interjection
hup!
- hup!
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hup”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Romanian
Interjection
hup
- Alternative form of hop
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