stupe

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/stjuːp//stuːp/

noun

A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

“He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!”

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stupidstupid persondullarddoltpudding headpudden-headpoor fishpillock
OriginLatin stūpa →
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Meanings

stupe1

nounstupe (plural stupes)

plural stupes

  1. slangA stupid person or (rarely) thing.

    He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

    1 more example

    George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning. She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!

    1984, Stephen King, Gramma

stupe2

nounstupe (plural stupes)

plural stupes

  1. A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

    And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.

    1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress
verbstupe (third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped)

present singular third person stupes · participle present stuping · participle past stuped · past stuped

  1. To foment with such a cloth or sponge.

    stupe it at least thrice a Day

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who is not very bright

Similar
stupidstupid persondullarddoltpudding headpudden-headpoor fishpillock
Broader
simpletonsimple
Also see
doltdullardidiotpillockstupid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

stupe · noun

Shortening of stupid.

Full word history & related roots →

stupe · noun, verb

  1. Latinstūpa
  2. Englishstupe

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stupe

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Anagrams

setupupset
Cite this entry
APA

stupe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupe

MLA

“stupe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stupe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupe.

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