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• (ghost): duffy, duppie, doopy, dupie

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈdʌpi/
• 韻: -ʌpi

名詞

duppy (plural duppies)

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

   Synonyms: jumbie; see also Thesaurus:ghost

   • 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica‎, volume 2, page 416:

     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.

   • 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186:

     No man walked alone for fear of the duppies under the trees, or the rolling calf, the ghastly animal that comes rolling towards you along the ground, its legs in chains and flames coming out of its nostrils.

   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 257:

     Then on the left me see a duppy and try to run.

2. (Jamaica, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).

派生語

• This term is one of the documented possible origins of Davy Jones. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

動詞

duppy (third-person singular simple present duppies, present participle duppying, simple past and past participle duppied)

1. (MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
   • 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.

   • 2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 176:

     He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kill

2. (MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.
   • 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011"

     I duppied every rave.

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