duppy
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Caribbean, Jamaica)A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
Đồng nghĩa: jumbie
- 2.
(Jamaica)(Jamaica, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
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verb- 1.
(Multicultural London English, transitive)(MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, grease, knock off, lay waste to, make away with, merc, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off, top, torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, waste, wax, wet, whack, wipe out, wreck
- 2.
(Multicultural London English, broadly, transitive)(MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.
2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave.
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Jamaica, circa 18th century. From dupe (ghost) (compare adɔpe).