duppy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night. Caribbean,Jamaica
    — They firmly believe in the apparition of spectres. Those of deceased friends are duppies; others, of more hostile and tremendous aspect, like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.
  2. A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo). Jamaica
动词 v.
  1. To kill; to murder. Multicultural-London-English,transitive
    — 2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom", The Independent He refers to his intention to kill a schoolgirl pregnant with Jolie's unborn baby – who the pair believe is giving Jolie undue hassle. "I'll get da fiend to duppy her den," he writes.
  2. To excel in. Multicultural-London-English,broadly,transitive
    — 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave.

词形变化

duppies plural duffy alternative duppie alternative doopy alternative dupie alternative duppies present,singular,third-person duppying participle,present duppied participle,past duppied past duffy alternative duppie alternative doopy alternative dupie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
duppy bird duppy calalu duppy cap duppy-catcher duppy cherry duppy-conqueror duppy cucumber duppy cup duppy fee-fee duppy fiddle duppy fly-trap duppy gun duppy melon duppy needle duppy peas duppy pindar duppy poison duppy pop-gun duppy pumpkin duppy riding-horse duppy soursop duppy tomato duppy umbrella

词源

词源 1
Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).
词源 2
Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).
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