• UP
adj. 1. happening, going on …1838 UK
adj. 2. wrong, amiss …1849 UK
adj. 3. pert. to the erect penis …20C US sl.
adj. 4. said of a man having sex with someone …1937 sl.
adj. 5. mentally stimulated, excited, hopeful, happy, elated …1942 sl., orig. US
adj. 6. of a person: ready, prepared …1950s African-American sl.
adj. 7. sexually aroused …1960s US college sl.
adj. 8. of food or drink: made, cooked, ready, served …1961 UK sl.
adj. 9. of waves: large …1964 US sl.
adj. 10. under the influence of a drug, esp. LSD, and, later, MDMA …1966 US sl.
adj. 11. stimulating, uplifting …1970s sl.
adj. 12. intoxicating …1970s sl.
adj. 13. imprisoned …1975 US sl.
adj. 14. tense, nervous …1990s African-American sl.
adj. 15. successful …1990 US sl.
adj. 16. pregnant …1991 Trinidad and Tobago
adj. 17. upset, angry, annoyed with …Bk1996 sl.
adv. 1. each; equal in quantity …1809 UK
adv. 2. arrested, in prison …L19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
adv. 3. having sexual relations with …L19 sl.
adv. 4. of an object: offered, put in place …1900s sl.
adv. 5. of food: ready, as in ‘grub’s up’ …1910s sl.
n. 1. an excited mood, a feeling of stimulation, intoxication …M18 sl.
n. 2. a prospective customer …1942 US sl.
n. 3. an amphetamine capsule or tablet …1969 US drug culture sl.
vb. 1. of mood or spirits: to raise, to pick up, to lift …M18 sl.
vb. 2. to coit a woman …19C Brit. & US sl.
vb. 3. to start suddenly or boldly; to rise abruptly …1831 UK sl.
vb. 4. to upset; to exhaust, to fatigue …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to raise, to increase prices, charges, etc. …1930s sl., orig. US
vb. 6. to increase a bet in cards …1942 US sl.
vb. 7. to improve, to boost; to promote …1950s sl., orig. US
vb. 8. to play music …1950s African-American sl.
vb. 9. to hand over, to produce …1960s US sl.
vb. 10. to arouse or aggravate someone …2000 UK sl.
vb. 11. to beat up …2000s UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 12. to mock …2000s sl.
• UP ABOVE
adj. in prison …1910s Aust. sl.
• UP-A-DAISY
int. exclamation made to a child when tossing it in the arms, bidding it rise after a fall, etc. …1865 Eng. dial.
• UP-A-DAY
int. an exclamation made to a child when tossing it in the arms, bidding it rise after a fall, etc. …1865 Eng. dial.
• UPADRILGEY
n. a hubbub; a state of noisy excitement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPADRILZEY
n. a hubbub; a state of noisy excitement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP A FLUME!
int. a dismissive, insulting exclamation …M19 sl.
• UP AGAINST
adj. 1. facing problems, in difficulties …1896 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. addicted to drugs …1930s US prison sl.
• UP AGAINST IT
adj. 1. in trouble …1896 sl., orig. Can.
adj. 2. addicted to drugs …20C US drug culture sl.
• UP AGAINST THE BIT
adj. facing serious problems …1910s sl., orig. military usage
• UP AGAINST THE GUN
adj. facing serious problems …1910s sl., orig. military usage
• UP AGAINST THE ROPES
adj. facing serious problems …1910s sl., orig. military usage
• UP AGAINST THE STEM
adj. engaged in smoking opium …1929 US sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WALL
adj. 1. facing serious problems …1910s sl., orig. military usage
adj. 2. bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. foolish, stupid …1960s US college sl.
adj. 4. helpless, dominated by another; used for expressing power over others …1960s US sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER!
int. be aware of racism; be conscious of one’s social condition …1960s African-American sl.
• UP AGAINST THE WIRE
adj. facing serious problems …1910s sl., orig. military usage
• UP A GUM TREE
adj. 1. in difficulties; in a predicament; in trouble …1926 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. in error, wrong, incorrect, confused …1950s sl.
adj. 3. baffled, perplexed …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adv. easily …1950s NZ sl.
• UPALANGST
adj. ill …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP AN ALLEY
int. 1900 US sl. – get lost! go away!
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly
• UP AN ALLEY AND OUT OF TOWN
vb. to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP-AND-A-DOWNER
n. 1. a fight; a brawl …1927 sl.
n. 2. a violent quarrel …1927 sl.
• UP AND AT IT! ‘int. an exclamation of encouragement or motivation …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP-AND-COMING
adj. pregnant …Amer. dial.
• UP AND DOWN
adj. of unequal height …1793 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. absolute, complete …M19 sl.
adj. 3. honest, law-abiding, straightforward …M19 sl.
adj. 4. hilly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. brown; esp. applied to brown ale …1992 UK rhyming sl.
adv. 1. thoroughly, fully …1827 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. in a straightforward, open and honest manner …M19 US sl.
adv. 3. unrestrainedly …L19 sl.
adv. 4. upside down …1892 Eng. dial.
n. 1. sexual intercourse …E17 sl.
n. 2. brown ale …20C rhyming sl.
n. 3. a housemaid …1900s sl.
n. 4. a town …1930s rhyming sl.
n. 5. a ladder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 6. an order of Kessler ale and Stroh’s beer …1981 US sl.
n. 7. in gambling: a type of conditional bet: a single-stakes-about or a double-stakes-about …2001 UK sl.
• THE UP-AND-DOWN n. 1. a look, scrutiny …1910s sl.
n. 2. an official investigation …1910s sl.
• UP AND DOWNER
n. 1. a person who does a thing thoroughly …1881 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a fight; a brawl; a violent quarrel …1927 sl.
n. 3. a violent quarrel …1927 sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON COCK
phr. 1. constantly getting up and sitting down …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
phr. 2. repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON NIGHTIE
phr. 1. constantly getting up and sitting down …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
phr. 2. repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A LAVATORY SEAT
phr. 1. constantly getting up and sitting down …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
phr. 2. repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN OF IT
n. the gist of something; the whole thing; the outcome of a situation …1994 UK sl.
• UP-AND-DOWN-STAIRS
adj. absolute, complete …M19 sl.
• UP AND DUST
vb. to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP AND SAY
vb. to begin an utterance …1880s African-American sl.
• UP AND UNDER
n. thunder …1998 rhyming sl.
vb. to vomit …1950s Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘chunder’
• UP AND UP
adj. 1. evenly matched …1900s Aust. sl.
adj. 2. fair, honest, straightforward …1920s sl., orig. US
adj. 3. prospering; successful …1931 US sl.
• UP AND UP GEE
n. an inmate who has not properly learned prison survival …20C US criminals’ sl.
• UP A POLE
adj. in trouble …1896 sl.
• UP ARSEHOLE STREET
adj. in difficulties, facing problems …1950s sl.
• UP A STUMP
adj. 1. in trouble …1829 sl., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 2. confounded, bewildered …Bk1904 sl.
adj. 3. drunk …Bk2009 sl.
• UP AT HILL
adj. uphill …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP A TREE
adj. 1. in difficulties …M19 sl.
adj. 2. impoverished …M19 sl.
adj. 3. annoyed, emotionally unstable …1910s sl.
adj. 4. drunk …1930s sl.
adj. 5. pregnant …1941 Amer. dial.
adj. 6. bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. in bingo: the number 3 …1980s rhyming sl.
• UP AT SPARROW(‘S) FART
phr. rising or waking up very early …L19 sl.
• UP A WATTLE
adj. in trouble, in difficulties, facing a problem …20C sl., orig. Aust.
• UPAZET
adv. opposite; set before one in full view …1746 Eng. dial.
• UP-BANG
vb. to force to rise, esp. by beating …1706 Sc. obs.
• UPBANK
adj. 1. difficult …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. uphill …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. 1. uphill; upwards …1760 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. southwards …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPBEAT
adj. optimistic, positive …1940s sl., orig. US
• UP-BIG
adj. having a high opinion of oneself …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-BIRL
vb. to rise quickly …1872 Sc.
• UPBRAID
vb. to rise on the stomach; to vomit …1790 Eng. dial.
• UPBRAY
n. 1590 obs. – a reproach or reproof
vb. 1. 1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to upbraid; to reproach, reprove, or censure; to find fault with, to carp at
vb. 2. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of food: to rise in the stomach; to make uneasy with indigestion
vb. 3. c1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to give utterance to
• UP-BRING
n. training, education; maintenance during youth …1880 Sc.
• UPBRIXLE
n. reproach, scorn; an object of reproach …c1200 obs.
• UP-BROUGHT
adj. educated, reared, brought up …1899 Eng. dial.
• UP-BROW
adj. uphill …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-BULLER
vb. to boil up …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPCAST
n. 1. a reproach; a taunt; an occasion of reproach …1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. an upset …1824 Sc. obs.
n. 3. the outcome or result of anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to reckon, to calculate …1862 Sc.
vb. 2. to raise up …1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to taunt, to reproach; to upbraid with …1899 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 4. of clouds: to gather …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 5. to turn over …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-CASTING
n. a gathering of clouds above the horizon, generally a precursor of rain …1827 Sc. obs.
• UPCHEER
vb. to cheer up; to brighten, enliven, encourage …c1586 obs. rare
• UPCHUCK
n. 1. vomit …20C US colloq.
n. 2. ground beef …1996 US sl.
vb. to vomit …1936 US sl.
• UPCHUCKING
n. the act of vomiting …1920s sl., orig. US
• UP-COME
n. 1. advancement in stature, bodily growth …1819 Sc.
n. 2. the outcome …1890 Sc.
n. 3. an ascent; the act of coming up …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-COMING
adj. rising; growing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. adolescence …1898 Sc.
n. 2. an ascent; the act of coming up …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPDORRUCK
adj. 1. worn out, exhausted …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 2. bankrupt …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 3. decayed, useless …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-DRAW
vb. 1. to overtake, to come up with …1898 Sc.
vb. 2. to understand …1898 Sc.
vb. 3. to overthrow, to capsize; to turn a somersault …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPDUMP
vb. to upset, to overturn something …1908 Amer. dial.
• UP EACH OTHER
adj. 1. indulging in mutual flattery …1940s Aust. sl.
adj. 2. arguing or fighting with each other …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UPEND
vb. 1. to fight …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to confound an opponent, esp. in an argument …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPEND ABOUT IT
vb. to get on one’s legs and find fault …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-FESHING
n. training, education; maintenance during youth …1871 Sc.
• UP-FESS
n. training, education; maintenance during youth …1903 Sc.
• UP-FESSING
n. training, education; maintenance during youth …1903 Sc.
• UP-FOLKS
n. the upper classes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-FOOT
vb. to get to one’s feet …L19 sl.
• UP FOR
adj. keen on, willing to do …M19 sl.
• UP FORE-DAYS
phr. up before sunrise …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP FOR IT
adj. 1. motivated to do something; enthusiastic, ready for anything …1880s African-American sl.
adj. 2. ready to party …1999 UK sl.
• UP FRONT
adj. 1. foremost …1950s sl.
adj. 2. honest, open. frank …1967 sl.
adv. 1. in advance, esp. of money paid for illegal activities, such as drug purchases …1950s sl.
adv. 2. first, at the start …1970s sl., orig. African-American
adv. 3. in the foreground …1970s
adv. 4. openly, without deception …1970s
• UPFUL
adj. happy, positive, encouraging …1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
• UP-GABBLE
vb. to gobble up …1827 Sc. obs.
• UP-GANG
n. 1. an uphill path or track; the act of ascending …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a sudden storm, accompanied by a high sea …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPGANG OF WEATHER
n. a sudden storm, accompanied by a high sea …Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-GET
vb. to rise up …1856 Sc.
• UP-GO
n. a hilly ascent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-GROWN
adj. adult …1895 Eng. dial.
• UP-HEAD
adj. arrogant, despotic; ill-tempered, peevish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPHEADED
adj. 1. holding the head high …1801 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. alert, shrewd, intelligent; self-confident, arrogant, haughty, conceited …1826 Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 3. ill-tempered, peevish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-HEAPED AND DOWN-THRUSTEN
adv. completely, fully, out-and-out …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPHEADEDNESS
n. self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness …1832 Amer. dial.
• UPHEADER
n. one that holds the head high …1894 Amer. dial.
• UPHEADINESS
n. self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness …1963 Amer. dial.
• UP-HEAPED
adj. heaped up; crowded …1803 Eng. dial.
• UP HEAPS
adj. in disorder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-HEESE
vb. to lift up …1827 Sc.
• UP HERE FOR THINKING, DOWN THERE FOR DANCING
phr. 1. (pointing to the head and feet respectively) a statement of self-congratulation on a good idea or clever piece of thinking …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
phr. 2. used as a jocular demonstration of the speaker’s grasp on anatomy …1999 UK sl.
• UP HER WAY
adj. of a man: having sexual intercourse …L19 sl.
• UPHILL
adj. positive, encouraging …1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
• UP HILL AND DOWN DALE
adv. thoroughly; in unmeasured terms …1886 Sc.
• UPHILL GARDENER
n. a male homosexual …1980s sl.
• UPHILL GARDENING
n. anal intercourse …1997 UK sl.
• UPHILLS
n. dice that have been altered in a fashion that produces high numbers when rolled …1662 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
• UP HIM!
int. a scornful remark of dismissal or contempt …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UPHOLD
adj. of the weather: fine, clearing up …1867 Sc.
n. 1. support, maintenance; a prop; a person who maintains another …1791 Sc.
n. 2. a state of confirmed waywardness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. chief delight, ruling desire …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 4. that which requires maintenance; that which is requisite to supply a person’s wants; hence, a person’s demands …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the act of maintaining a building in repair; the obligation to do so …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 1. to affirm, to maintain in argument; to warrant, to vouch for …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to furnish horses for a coach, etc. …1816 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. of the weather: to clear …1824 Sc.
vb. 4. to boast of …1881 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to keep in repair or good order …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to raise …1899 Sc.
• UPHOLD WITH
vb. to believe in …1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UPHOLSTER
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UPHOLSTERED
adj. 1. intoxicated with alcohol …20C US sl.
adj. 2. infected with venereal disease …c1910 US sl.
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