variant of yep
informal
: yes
"Ready to go?" "Yep."
"… Will you give me a receipt?" "Yep."—
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser"Daddy, did you get the tickets to the game?" "Yup, got 'em right here," …—Mako Idemitsu
Mako IdemitsuAfter no buildup or hint that Schumer was getting married, she posted a simple "Yup" and a wedding photo on her Instagram.—Gina Ragusa
Gina Ragusa
Examples of yup in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebRyan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2024
If the question is whether Peele is the most exciting new horror director to emerge in the last five years, Nope suggests the answer is a resounding yup.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 Oct. 2022
Sloane Leong's new series explores colors, talking up almost one slice of the rainbow at a time like light filtering through a (yup) prism.
—Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 15 Mar. 2018
Noun
But the Globes, which debuted in 1944 and could be seen on NBC in the 1960s, went unaired throughout most of the 1970s due to (yup) scandals surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s voting process.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2024
If the question is whether Peele is the most exciting new horror director to emerge in the last five years, Nope suggests the answer is a resounding yup.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 Oct. 2022
Sloane Leong's new series explores colors, talking up almost one slice of the rainbow at a time like light filtering through a (yup) prism.
—Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 15 Mar. 2018
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“Yup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yup. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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