upper
/ˈʌpɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a secondary school.
Example Sentences
- "Eye Girl is very moody. She is always zooted up on some really foul combination of uppers and downers and Rollerblading. Her bouts of Rollerblading seem to coincide with fights with Eye Guy."
- "Say, for example, a person starts with the use of a downer that reduces any anxiety and produces a sense of relaxation. When their energy levels drop, they take a stimulant in order to continue participating in the party or another event. This creates a cycle that could lead to significant drug use and drastically increases the risk of overdose or death. It is critical to know which drugs are uppers and downers to avoid this combination."
- "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Patrick was a cabbie & a dispatcher at Yellow Cab & when we got to the church where the [funeral] services were being held, the cabbies came out in force for Pat & there were at least 30 cabs pulling into the church parking lot. It was a real upper for a lot of us."
- "The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted. The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body."
- "These lines, GH and PC, are cut when the outline of the upper is cut out."
- "Holonyms: shoe, boot"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-West Germanic *upp Old English upp Middle English up Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -er Middle English upper English upper Inherited from Middle English upper. By surface analysis, up + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: upper
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʌpɚ/
- British English: /ˈʌpə/
Inflected Forms
uppermore (comparative, rare)
uppermost (superlative)
uppers (plural)
uppers (present, singular)
uppering (participle, present)
uppered (participle, past)
uppered (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Beaconsfield Upper
Edi Upper
Everton Upper
fat upper pubic area
fat upper pussy area
Maffra West Upper
member of upper house
Murray Upper