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plural stupes
(slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing. quotations
George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!
1984, Stephen King, Gramma
A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally. quotations examples
And get your plasters, and your warm stupes ready.
1623, John Fletcher, The Lover's Progress
third-person singular simple present stupes, present participle stuping, simple past and past participle stuped
To foment with such a cloth or sponge. quotations examples
stupe it at least thrice a Day
1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […]