duppy
nounEtymology
Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).
Definitions
A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the…
A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
- They firmly believe in the apparition of spectres. Those of deceased friends are duppies; others, of more hostile and tremendous aspect, like our raw-head-and-bloody-bones, are called bugaboos.
- Then on the left me see a duppy and try to run.
A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).
To kill
To kill; to murder.
- He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds.
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To excel in.
- 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave.
The neighborhood
Derived
duppy bird, duppy calalu, duppy cap, duppy-catcher, duppy cherry, duppy-conqueror, duppy cucumber, duppy cup, duppy fee-fee, duppy fiddle, duppy fly-trap, duppy gun, duppy melon, duppy needle, duppy peas, duppy pindar, duppy poison, duppy pop-gun, duppy pumpkin, duppy riding-horse, duppy soursop, duppy tomato, duppy umbrella
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