• UP-REAP
vb. to bring up an old grievance …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-RED
adj. cleaned or tidied up …1882 Sc.
• UPROARISH
adj. turbulent, unruly …1550 obs.
• UPRIGHT
adj. 1. highest …1688 UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 2. independent; living on private means …1868 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. proud …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. entirely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a quart or pint pot …1781 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
n. 2. an act of copulation performed standing up …18C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a pint or quart measure of liquor; hence, a pot of that size …L18 sl.
n. 4. sexual intercourse performed while standing up …L18 sl.
n. 5. a cheap bed, rented out for 3d or 4d …E19 UK sl.
n. 6. a chimney-sweep …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• UPRIGHT AND DOWN-STRAIGHT
adj. honest, straightforward, fair in dealing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPRIGHT COFE
n. a senior criminal beggar …1566 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
• UPRIGHT COVE
n. a senior criminal beggar …1566 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
• UPRIGHTER
n. sexual intercourse performed while standing up …L18 sl.
• UPRIGHT GRAND
n. sexual intercourse while standing up …1920s Aust. sl.
• UPRIGHT GRIN
n. the female genitals …19C Brit. sl.
• UPRIGHT MAN
n. a senior criminal beggar, outranked, if at all, only by the ‘ruffler’; he held absolute power, demanding and receiving both cash and kind, including their women, from his inferiors and beating them without fear of revenge …1562 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
• UPRIGHTS
n. 1. liquor measures …1859 US criminals’ sl. obs.
n. 2. the legs …L19 Black British sl.
• UPRIGHT SNEAK
n. one who steals pewter pots from the boys employed by taverns to collect them …1781 UK criminals’ sl. obs.
• UPRIGHT WINK
n. the female genitals …L19 Brit. euphemism
• UP-RISE
n. a rising in social position …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPRISEN
adj. standing erect …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-RISING
n. 1. a rising up; a removal …1898 Sc.
n. 2. a rising in social position …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPRIVER
phr. to a prison …1947 US sl.
• UPROAR
n. an opera …M18 sl.
• UP-ROVEN
adj. in a disorderly state …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPS!
int. an exclamation of reproof …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSADAISY
adv. upside down, head over heels …M19 sl.
int. used to comfort a child who has fallen over and to lightly encourage a recovery …1862 UK sl.
• UP SALT CREEK
adj. in serious trouble …20C sl., orig. US
• UP-SCUD
vb. to spill; to upset …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSCUDDLE
n. a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult …1905 Amer. dial.
• UPSCUTTLE
n. a noisy quarrel; a disturbance, a tumult …1904 Amer. dial.
• UPSEATED
adj. raised; exalted …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSEE-DUTCH
adv. in the Dutch manner …L16 sl.
• UPSEE-ENGLISH
adv. in the English manner …L16 sl.
• UPSEE-FREEZE
n. strong drink …L16 sl.
• UPSEE-FREEZE
vb. to drink …L16 sl.
• UPSET
adj. 1. intoxicated …1816 Eng. dial. obs.
adj. 2. pointing upwards; tip-tilted …1824 Sc.
adj. 3. conceited, stuck up …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a cross; an obstruction …1839 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a misunderstanding; a quarrel …1879 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a state of disorder …1879 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the upshot …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to recover from a wound, calamity, etc. …1806 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to scold, to find fault with; to put out of temper …1901 Eng. dial.
• UPSET AND DOWNTHRUSSEN
adj. full to repletion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSET ONE’S APPLE CART
vb. to knock one down …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UPSET THE LOBSTER-CART
vb. to knock a person down …E19 sl., chiefly US
• UPSETTING
adj. 1. vehement …1820 Sc.
adj. 2. proud, stuck up; forward, ambitious …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. a disagreement; a quarrel, a row; a scolding …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSETTING-LIKE
adj. proud, stuck up; forward, ambitious …1824 Sc.
• UPSEY
adj. drunk …Bk2009 sl.
• UP-SHAK
n. a commotion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSHAW
n. a finish; a catastrophe …1882 Eng. dial.
• UP SHIT CREEK
adj. 1. in an unpleasant situation; in an awkward predicament; in trouble …1937 sl.
adj. 2. pregnant and unmarried, or deserted by the father of the child …20C Aust. sl.
• UP SHIT CREEK IN A BARBED WIRE CANOE WITHOUT A PADDLE
adj. 1. in difficulties; in dire straits; in extremely difficult circumstances …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. pregnant and unmarried, or deserted by the father of the child …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE
adj. 1. in difficulties; in dire straits; in extremely difficult circumstances; in serious trouble …20C Aust. sl.
adj. 2. pregnant and unmarried, or deserted by the father of the child …20C Aust. sl.
• UPSHOOT
n. 1. an ejaculation of semen …Shakespeare usage
n. 2. an uproar; a row …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the upshot, issue …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSHOT
n. 1. a riotous frolic …E19 sl.
n. 2. the amount of a reckoning …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• UPSHOW
adj. showy; having high notions …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. a display …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSIDAISY!
int. used to comfort a child who has fallen over and to lightly encourage a recovery …1862 UK sl.
• UPSIDE
adv. alongside …1966 Amer. dial.
prep. 1. above …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
prep. 2. next to, up against …1966 Amer. dial.
• UPSIDE DOWN
adj. drunk …Bk2009 sl.
• UPSIDE ONE’S HEAD
adv. of a blow: against the head …1960s African-American sl.
• UPSIDES WITH
adj. mentally equal to …Bk1958 sl.
• UPSIDE-TURVY
adv. topsy-turvy; in disorder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSIE-TURVY
adv. topsy-turvy …a1592 obs.
• UP-SITTEN
adj. callous, indifferent, listless …1827 Sc.
• UP-SITTING
n. 1. indifference, callousness, listlessness …1709 Sc. obs.
n. 2. the custom of a man and woman sitting up together at night during courtship …1930 Amer. dial.
• UP-SKID
vb. to spill; to upset …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSKIRT
n. a type of voyeurism devoted to seeing what is beneath a woman’s skirt …1995 US sl.
• UPSLAAG
n. a sudden thaw …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPSLICE
n. 1. a disagreeable woman …2001 US sl.
n. 2. the vagina …2001 US sl.
• UPSOME
adj. froward; haughty, presumptuous …1901 Eng. dial.
• UP SOMEONE’S ARSE
phr. very close behind; in close proximity …1997 UK sl.
• UP SOMEONE’S DAILY
adj. following someone close behind …1920s sl.
• UPSOTMENT
n. an upset; a disturbance …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP-SOUTH
n. 1970s African-American sl. – the North, esp. with respect to its racism
• UP-SPEAK
vb. to speak up …1827 Sc. obs.
• U.P. SPELLS GOSLINGS!
int. an exclamation made when a piece of work is finished or an objected attained …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSPIEL
vb. to climb up …1827 Sc. obs.
• UPSPIT
vb. to vomit …L19 Brit. euphemism
• UP-SPROUT
n. an upstart …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP STACKS
vb. to move, to pack up and leave …M19 sl.
• UPSTAGE
adj. conceited, snobbish, haughty and standoffish …1900s US theatrical sl.
vb. to outwit, to win or be superior to another person …L19 US theatrical sl.
• UPSTAGEISH
adj. conceited, snobbish …1900s US theatrical sl.
• UPSTAIRS
adj. 1. high, considerable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. in flight …World War I Amer. sl.
adj. 3. superior …1950s African-American sl.
adv. 1. into a senior position …1990s sl.
adv. 2. in poker: in the form of a raised bet …1996 US sl.
n. 1. the best brands of spirits …L19 sl.
n. 2. any storey above the ground floor …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. heaven …1910s US sl.
n. 4. the mind, esp. as regards its intelligence …1920s US sl.
n. 5. the inside breast-pocket …1933 US criminals’ sl.
n. 6. the gallows …1930s US prison sl.
n. 7. a higher authority, a senior position …1950s sl.
n. 8. a lavatory …1970s sl.
n. 9. the Crown Court …2000s UK criminals’ sl.
• UP STAKES
vb. to leave, esp. abruptly …M19 US sl.
• UPSTAND
vb. 1. to stand up …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to remain; to remain alive; to continue in the same state and circumstances …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTANDER
n. a parish minister …1884 Sc.
• UPSTANDERS
n. 1. the upright posts on a dog sledge …1856
n. 2. the legs …1899 Eng. dial.
• UPSTANDING
adj. tall, erect, well-made …1884 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. continuously, without break …1891 Eng. dial.
n. pith, substance, strength …1902 Sc.
• UP-STARING
adj. somewhat presuming …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTART
adj. stuck up, bumptious, domineering …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. a beginner in any occupation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to rear as a startled horse …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTARTISH
adj. somewhat excitable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTATE
adj. 1. in prison …1934 US euphemism
adj. 2. socially or economically superior …1950s African-American sl.
adj. 3. murdered …2003 US sl.
n. prison …1930s US criminals’ sl.
• UP STICK
vb. to move, to pack up and leave …M19 sl.
• UP-STICKED
adj. stuck-up; over-particular …1899 Sc.
• UP STICKS
vb. to pack up and go; to move …1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
• UPSTIR
n. a disturbance, commotion, uproar, confusion …1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. to excite, to rouse; to throw into confusion …1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UPSTIRRING
adj. on the move …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTORE
n. 1. a report, scandal …1885 Eng. dial.
n. 2. disturbance; tumult; excitement …1892 Eng. dial.
• UPSTRAPELOUS
adj. obstreperous; noisily unruly or defiant …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTROKE
n. the end, conclusion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPSTROPOLIS
adj. obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …1977 Amer. dial.
• UPSTROPPELOUS
adj. obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …1795 Amer. dial.
• UP-STRUT
vb. to strut proudly …1827 Sc.
• UPSTUCK
adj. stuck up, arrogant, pretentious …1904 Amer. dial.
• UP SUN
adj. between sunrise and sunset …1700 Sc. obs.
• UPSYDAISY!
int. exclamation made to a child when tossing it in the arms, bidding it rise after a fall, etc. …1865 Eng. dial.
• UPSY-FRIESY
adj. addicted to drinking deeply; alcoholic …1622
• UPSYTURVY
adj. disorderly; in confusion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UPTA
adj. 1. unpleasant; deplorable …1918 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. no good, hopeless, useless; worthless …1918 Aust. sl.
• UPTAKE
n. 1. intelligence, comprehension, understanding …1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. the upshot, conclusion, result …1828 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the climax; of a person: the foremost in any way …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 4. the finding and taking of anything lost; the reward given for finding anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to make an inventory or list …1792 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to understand, to comprehend …1898 Sc.
vb. 3. to astound …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPTAKE-AND-FELLING
n. total cost …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPTAKE-OF-WEATHER
n. a gale of wind; a storm …Bk1905 Sc.
• UPTAKE ONESELF
vb. to reform …1863 Sc.
• UPTAKING
n. understanding, comprehension …1709-31 Sc. obs.
• UPTER
adj. 1. unpleasant; deplorable …1918 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. useless, no use whatsoever …1910s Aust. sl.
• UP THE AISLE
n. a sexual position in which the woman kneels and the man enters her from behind …2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘dog style’
• UP THE ANTE
vb. to increase the amount, to demand a higher price …L19 US sl.
• UP THE ARM
phr. in betting: odds of 11-8 …1991 UK sl.
• UP THE ARSE
adv. 1. thoroughly, very well …1950s sl.
adv. 2. to excess, in large amounts …1950s sl.
• UP THE ASS
adv. 1. thoroughly, very well …1950s sl.
adv. 2. in excess; in great number or amount …1963 Amer. sl.
• UP THE BOOAY
adj. completely wrong or astray …M20 NZ colloq.
• UP THE BUTT
adv. to an excess, to the extreme …1980s sl., orig. US
• UP THE CHUTE
adj. useless, worthless, failed …1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
• UP THE CREEK
adj. 1. in trouble …1918 sl.
adj. 2. mad, crazy …1960s sl.
adj. 3. pregnant …1961 euphemism
• UP THE CREEKWITHOUT A PADDLE
adj. 1. in trouble …1918 sl.
adj. 2. pregnant …1920s Aust. sl.
adj. 3. mad, crazy …1960s sl.
• UP THE CREEK WITH A PADDLE IN A BARBED-WIRE CANOE
adj. in trouble …1918 US sl.
• UP THE DANCERS
phr. up stairs …1859 sl.
• UP THE DONGA; UP THE DONGER adj. out in the country as opposed to the city …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP THE DUFF
adj. 1. pregnant …1941 sl., chiefly Aust.
adj. 2. broken, ruined, spoiled …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP THE FAIRGROUND
phr. likely to be lucky …1980s sl.
• UP THE FLUE
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UP THE GARGOYLE
adj. bankrupt …1900s sl.
• UP THE GAZOO
adv. full up, as much as one can handle, to excess …1950s sl., orig. US
• UP THE HAWSE PIPE
phr. to have worked one’s way up from the enlisted ranks in the Navy …US Civil War usage
• UP THE IN AND OUT
adj. ruined; pregnant …1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘up the spout’
• UP THE IRONS!
int. used as a greeting, esp. between Iron Maiden fans …1995 US sl.
• UP THE KAZOO
phr. a whole lot of, in excess …1960s sl.
• UP THE KITE
adj. pregnant …1990s sl.
• UP THE LOOP
adj. insane, eccentric …1950s sl.
• UP THE POLE
adj. 1. in trouble, facing difficulties …1896 sl.
adj. 2. muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken …L19 sl.
adj. 3. drunk …1897 sl.
adj. 4. teetotal …L19 US sl.
adj. 5. mad, crazy, eccentric, insane …1904 sl.
adj. 6. pregnant …1922 euphemism
adj. 7. broken down; ruined …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adv. abstaining from alcoholic beverages; on the wagon …1906 Amer. dial.
• UP THE PUCKER TREE
adj. angry; pouting …1982 Amer. dial.
• UP THE PUTT
adj. 1. confused, incorrect; muddled, wrong …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. broken down; ruined …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP THERE CAZALY!
int. come on!; used as a cry of encouragement …1943 Aust. sl.
• UP THERE FOR THINKING, DOWN THERE FOR DANCING
phr. used as a jocular demonstration of the speaker’s grasp on anatomy …1999 UK sl.
• UP THE RIVER
adj. in prison …1891 euphemism, orig. US
• UP THE SHIT
adj. 1. broken-down, ruined …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. in great difficulties; in dire straits; in extremely difficult circumstances; in trouble …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adj. 3. troubled; in a state of turmoil, disorganization, ruin, etc. …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
adv. in large quantities …1980s US college sl.
• UP THE SPANK
phr. at the pawnbroker’s ..L19 sl.
• UP THE SPOUT
adj. 1. pawning, in pawn …1812 sl.
adj. 2. in a desperate situation; beyond help; in trouble …1829 sl.
adj. 3. hospitalized …E19 sl.
adj. 4. bankrupt …1854 sl.
adj. 5. gone to waste, ruined, spoiled …M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 6. imprisoned; certain to be imprisoned …1872 US criminals’ sl.
adj. 7. dead …L19 sl.
adj. 8. pregnant …1937 euphemism
adj. 9. of a bullet or cartridge: loaded and ready for firing …1943 sl.
• UP-THE-SPOUT AND CHARLEY-WAG
phr. used of something that has gone to waste, been squandered, or lost …L19 sl.
• UP THE STICK
adj. 1. mad, crazy, eccentric …1930s sl.
adj. 2. pregnant …1941 euphemism
• UP THE THING
adj. well in health …1897 Eng. dial.
• UP THE TREE
adj. drunk …1856 Amer. dial.
• UP THE WALL
adj. 1. crazy, eccentric, over-excited, anxious …1940s US sl.
adj. 2. angry …1951 sl.
• UP THE WALLS
adj. crazy, eccentric, over-excited, anxious …1940s US sl.
• UP THE WAY
adj. pregnant …1930s Aust. sl.
• UP THE WAZOO
adv. full up, as much as one can handle, to excess …1950s sl., orig. US
• UP THE WOP
adj. 1. broken, out of order …1980s NZ sl.
adj. 2. pregnant …1980s NZ sl.
adj. 3. ruined, spoiled; in a bad or hopeless situation …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP THE WRONG ALLEY
adj. 1952 US sl. – mistaken
• UP THE YING-YANG
adv. to an excess, to the extreme …1976 US sl.
• UP THINE WITH TURPENTINE!
int. 1950s US sl. – an exclamation of very strong defiance and rejection; fuck you! stick it!
• UP-THROSSEN
adj. forward …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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