stupe

• IPA^(key): /stjuːp/, /stuːp/

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• Rhymes: -uːp

Shortening of stupid.

stupe (plural stupes)

1. (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!

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

stupe (plural stupes)

1. 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.

stupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)

1. To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises

     stupe it at least thrice a Day

• TUPEs, Tse-p'u, puets, set up, set-up, setup, spute, upset

stupē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stupeō

From Old Norse stúpa.

stupe (imperative stup, present tense stuper, passive stupes, simple past stupte, past participle stupt, present participle stupende)

1. to dive, plunge

• stup (noun)
• stuper (noun)
• stuping

• “stupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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)

1. Alternative form of stupa