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shoop.

The fruit of the rose; rosehip.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃuːp/Received-Pronunciation/ʃup/General-American
  1. The fruit of the rose; rosehip.

    Northern-England
Where this word comes from

From Middle English schoupe, from Old Norse *hjúpa (“rosehip”), from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ (“haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip”). Cognate with Faroese hjúpa (“rosehip”), Old English hēope (“hip, rosehip”). Doublet of hip.

intj/ʃuːp/Received-Pronunciation/ʃup/General-American
  1. Used as a scat word in song lyrics.

Where this word comes from

A meaningless syllable.

noun/ʃuːp/Received-Pronunciation/ʃup/General-American
  1. Used as a singular form of sheep: an individual sheep.

    humorous · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

A deliberate back-formation from sheep on the pattern of nouns which underwent Germanic i-mutation, such as feet from foot, geese from goose, and teeth from tooth; compare the similarly humorously formed meese from moose.

noun/ʃuːp/Received-Pronunciation/ʃup/General-American
  1. An image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of amateur, petty fauxtography.

    Internet
Where this word comes from

Alteration of shop, a clipping of photoshop (“digitally altered image”).

verb/ʃuːp/Received-Pronunciation/ʃup/General-American
  1. To digitally alter an image.

Where this word comes from

Alteration of shop, a clipping of photoshop (“digitally altered image”).

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