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🪖 Marching call 🤸 A jump 🏃 To move quickly
to hup

to hup

1 9.9
To move quickly after a shout or command
  • verb
  • /hʌp/
: incorporarse
  • When the sergeant shouted, 'hup', the soldiers quickly jumped to attention.

Examples

  • Every time the instructor yelled 'hup', the students sprang up from their seats.

  • The coach shouted 'hup' to signal the runners to start the drill.

  • Stand forward, hup!

    Absolution (1997)

  • Stand forward, hup!

    Absolution (1997)

Synonyms

to hustle
vsto hup
106 4.2

Move quickly and with energy, often because you are in a hurry

is a sudden rise in response to a command rather than energetic busy movement
to hop up
vsto hup
23 4.4

To jump up quickly and lightly

is a quick rise often triggered by a command or shout
to hussy up
vsto hup
  • UK
9.7

To hurry and get ready when you need to leave

is a quick rise often caused by a shout rather than self preparation

Antonyms

to linger
215 3.7

To stay in a place longer than expected because you do not want to leave

How Fast

to bolt
78 2.3
to dash
67 1.0
to hup
1 9.9
to spring
27 1.0
to rise
410 1.0
to move
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hup infinitive
hopped past
hopped past participle
hopping present participle
hups third person singular

Etymology

Hup as a verb comes from the same quick sound as up or hop, used to tell someone to move. So to hup means 'to move quickly' or 'to rise up' when a command is given.