duppy
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Is duppy a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.Examples: "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."; "Then on the left me see a duppy and try to run."Synonyms: jumbieCaribbeanJamaica
2. (Jamaica, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).Jamaica
verb (English)
1. (MLE, MTE, transitive) To kill; to murder.Examples: "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."; "He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds."Synonyms: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, buryMulticultural-London-Englishtransitive
2. (MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.Examples: "2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011" I duppied every rave."Multicultural-London-Englishbroadlytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary