yup

Definition

A yes; an affirmative answer.

Etymology

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (excrescent IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /p/). Compare yep, nope, welp, and ope.

Example Sentences

• "One was either a Yup or a Nope, depending upon his answer to that age-old question, "Gotcher deer yet?" I, of course, was still a Nope. Although Yups and Nopes looked pretty much alike they were as different as mallards from mongooses."
• "But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups" and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers..."
• "She'd ask him a question that couldn't be answered by a "yup" or a "nope."