Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
jupon . - noun A skirt: generally used in fashion notes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
jupon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A style of
skirt . - noun A style of short
jacket , usually for awoman orchild . - noun IRC A
block placed on aserver ,nickname orchannel - verb IRC To
block aserver (from joining thenetwork ), anickname orchannel (from being used).
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word jupe.
Examples
-
In 1995, when Prime Minister Alain Juppé included 12 women in his government, they were derisively nicknamed the "juppettes," a play on both Juppé and the French word "jupe," for skirt.
NYT > Home Page By ELAINE SCIOLINO 2011
-
* The French word "jupe" is the word that the Frenchuse for
-
* The French word "jupe" is the word that the Frenchuse for
French Word-A-Day: 2008
-
* The French word "jupe" is the word that the Frenchuse for
French Word-A-Day: 2008
-
I always assumed some vicinity with touffe extremely short mini-skirts are vulgarly known as jupe à ras-la-touffe or ras-la-foufounette round here.
-
A bedgown, or loose female upper garment, is still in many parts of Scotland termed a jupe (Fr. jupe).
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
-
*The French word "jupe" is the word that the Frenchuse for
French Word-A-Day: 2008
-
*The French word "jupe" is the word that the Frenchuse for
-
Il faut soutenir la journaliste soudanaise Loubna Ahmed al-Hussein, et laisser les femmes s'habiller librement, en mini-jupe comme en niqab, en garçon si elles le souhaitent.
Global Voices in English » In France, Sudan, Burqas and Trousers Cause Controversy 2009
-
When the poor girl says the suit she's tried on is "merveilleux", Sylvie almost snarls back, "Mm, c'est vrai, mais je trouve que la jupe est un peu courte pour le bureau."
jaime_d commented on the word jupe
From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011