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🤸 A jump 🪖 Marching call 🏃 To move quickly
hup

hup

11 9.9
A short shout to make people move quickly or keep in step
  • interjection
  • /hʌp/
translation icon : venga
  • Hup, hup, you got to check in.
  • Hup, two three
  • Hup, two
  • Hup two, three, four

Examples

  • Hup, two, come on, let's go!

    Honor Society (2022)

  • Hup, two three!

    Fiction book (1995)

  • OK, 24... hup!

    Super Mario Bros. (1993)

  • Hup two, three, four...

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Echo Squad forward, hup!

    Absolution (1997)

  • S.B. Ready... hup!

    The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

  • Hup! Everyone, let's hurry to the finish line!

  • As the drill sergeant shouted 'hup!', the soldiers quickly fell into step.

  • When the music started, the instructor said 'hup' to mark the beat for our exercises.

Synonyms

hyah
vshup
  • Informal
66 9.9

A short shout to tell a person or animal to move

is also used to mark marching rhythm and exercise timing
giddap
vshup
  • Informal
9.9

A shout to make a horse or mule go faster

is used with people and for marching rhythm rather than only animals

Surface Forms

hup main

Etymology

Hup is probably a short, sharp sound like up or hop that people used to call out to make others move quickly. That's why hup is shouted in marching or exercise to keep the beat and make people step together.