Tup

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As a noun, a tup is a ram (male sheep). As a verb it describes copulation by a ram with an ewe (female sheep).

Colloquially, tup refers to the male role in human sexual intercourse, especially if illicit. The term is used to effect in William Shakespeare's Othello, in which Iago taunts Brabantio, Desdemona's father, by shouting to him that:

Even now, now, very now

an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.

Act I, scene 1

Tup is also short for tuppence.

Tup is also a nickname for recording artist Tupac Shakur

Tup is also a seldom used colloquialism in parts of South Yorkshire, England, and represents the expression of interest or puzzlement in an afformentioned inccident or event.