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Duppy

//ˈdʌpi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night. Caribbean, Jamaica

    "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."

  2. 2
    A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo). Jamaica
Verb
  1. 1
    To kill; to murder. Multicultural-London-English, transitive

    "2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom", The Independent He refers to his intention to kill a schoolgirl pregnant with Jolie's unborn baby – who the pair believe is giving Jolie undue hassle. "I'll get da fiend to duppy her den," he writes."

  2. 2
    To excel in. Multicultural-London-English, broadly, transitive

    "2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).

Etymology 2

Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).

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