jupe

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/ʒuːp//d͡ʒuːp/

noun

A style of skirt.

OriginMiddle English jupe ← Middle French jupe ← Old Italian giubba →
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Meanings

jupe1

nounjupe (plural jupes)

plural jupes

  1. A style of skirt.
  2. A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.

    [T]he people all wore hosen and shoon and smocks and jupes and jerkins and wimples.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 55

jupe2

nounjupe (plural jupes)

plural jupes

  1. InternetIRCA block placed on a server, nickname or channel.
verbjupe (third-person singular simple present jupes, present participle juping, simple past and past participle juped)

present singular third person jupes · participle present juping · participle past juped · past juped

  1. InternetIRCTo block a server (from joining the network) or a nickname or channel (from being used).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
q-line

Origin

jupe · noun

  1. Arabicجُبَّة (jubba)
  2. Old Italiangiubba
  3. Middle Frenchjupe
  4. Middle Englishjupe
  5. Englishjupe

From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.

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jupe · noun, verb

Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with jupe

grouploopsoupscoopcoupecoopsnooptroophooppooptroupeboopswoopdupestoopwhoopsloopregrouploupedroopcroupshooprouproop
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Cite this entry
APA

jupe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jupe

MLA

“jupe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jupe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jupe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jupe.

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