Search results for 'up':

up (noun) : a customer or shopper at a car dealer

"Who's Up is that?" or "There's an Up on the lot."

Submitted by: M. Campbell from Maine on Jan. 21, 2006 10:53

up the spout (adjective) : Up the spout is basically saying that one is pregnant, but in the unwanted pregnancy sort of way. Syn: knocked up

"It's probably just a food baby. Did you have a big lunch?" "No, I've taken like three pregnancy tests, and I'm forshizz up the spout." —Juno (film), 2007

Submitted by: Sara from Massachusetts on Feb. 28, 2008 17:57

up-over (adverb) : [Australian and New Zealand English] to the Northern Hemisphere and esp. to the British Isles

He's gone up-over to see his cousins in the old country.

Submitted by: Michael Williams from Australia on Jun. 20, 2009 20:28

up-regulate, up-regulated (verb) : A gene is induced, either through an abnormality from disease or as part of a study, to produce a higher than normal amount of protein.

"Evaluation of the chemicals based on gene function indicated that the genes related to proliferation, transcription and transport were mostly up-regulated..." —Terasaka S, Inoue A, Tanji M, Kiyama R., Toxicology Letters., Nov 5, 2005

Submitted by: Jenny from Minnesota on Dec. 14, 2005 16:25

up-south (noun) : The geographical feature of a region of land in the southern tier that is higher in elevation than the land in the northern tier, thus resulting in the drainage of creeks and river waters in a northward flow.

New York State's Genesee River was unique in that its waters were birthed up-south in the higher elevations of the Pennsylvania boarder, and flowed northward toward the city of Rochester and Lake Ontario. —Lynda Breckenridge Gaetano, Up-South,Spring & Summer, 2004 & 2007

Submitted by: Lynda Breckenridge Gaetano from Texas on Nov. 29, 2007 10:52

upcited (adjective) : upset and excited at the same time.

I was so upcited that I was chosen worst dressed at school. —myself

Submitted by: Harry M Piper from Florida on Jan. 21, 2006 08:54

upcline (noun) : an incline

Submitted by: emily dwyer from Pennsylvania on Jul. 18, 2009 15:33

updatable (adjective) : Expresses that something can be updated.

The database is updatable.

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 21, 2006 16:23

Updation

(noun) : the act of updating

That paper in your portfolio requires an updation. —Adeeb Claudio,

Submitted by: The Sandman aka Flash from West Virginia on Oct. 25, 2007 08:53

(noun) : :Improvement :update

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 13, 2006 08:23

upfit : Adding a new or customized feature to an existing product or system.

The all-new Dodge Ram 3500 Heavy Duty Chassis Cab features industry-standard dimension throughout for easy upfitting. From: —?, Given above., Web?

Submitted by: Anonymous on Apr. 10, 2006 12:41

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