How Do You Spell TUPS?
Pronunciation: [tˈʌps] (IPA) 
The word "TUPS" is spelled with four letters only, but its IPA phonetic transcription is much more complex. It is pronounced /tʌps/, where the "t" sound is a voiceless alveolar plosive, the "ʌ" is an open-mid back unrounded vowel, the "p" is a voiceless bilabial plosive, and the "s" is a voiceless alveolar fricative. This word can be a plural form of the noun "tup", which means a male sheep, or it can be an acronym for some organization or concept.
