up sticks
To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.
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up the ante
Raise the stakes.
up the Oxo Tower
Of sexual intercourse: anally.
up to one's ass in alligators
Beset by multiple difficulties or adversaries that must be dealt with quickly.
up to snuff
Adequate; of acceptable quality; satisfying an appropriate standard.
up to the knocker
Up to the required standard; excellent.
up to the nines
Streetwise; knowing.
up with the lark
Up very early in the morning.
up your ass
Synonym of up yours.
up-and-down straight draw
A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.
uphill gardener
A homosexual man.
upon my sivvy
Upon my soul or honour; used to underline the truth of what one is saying.
upper deck
To perform the upper decker prank in the cistern of (a toilet).
upper decker
The prank of defecating in the cistern of a toilet, so that flushing the toilet brings in dirty water instead of clean.
upper decky
Synonym of lip pillow.
upper lip
A sarcastic or jocular response to a person who has performed oral sex on someone.
upperworks
head; brains
upright
Any vertical part of a structure. — A leg.
upset the pot
To beat the favourite in a race.
upsetti spaghetti
Upset; furious.
upsies
Synonym of party pills.
upstairs
A woman's breasts.
ur-cool
Extremely cool.
urban lumberjack
A lumbersexual.
urban Naxal
A liberal or a leftist.
urge on
to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.
urge to merge
A strong desire to form intense emotional connections, stereotypically associated with lesbians.
urinalist
A journalist.
urination station
A place to urinate: a urinal or toilet.
USB condom
Synonym of USB data blocker.
use to
Infinitive or present tense form of used to: formerly (and habitually or repeatedly) be accustomed to.
use up
To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
useful as a chocolate teapot
Totally useless.
useful as tits on a bull
Totally useless.
useR
Someone who uses the R programming language.
usher in
To announce the arrival of something; to herald.
USrael
The United States and Israel, considered as a political unit.
ussie
A photographic group portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone by a member of the group.
USUM
Initialism of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
utahrd
Utahn (a person from Utah).
UTAUloid
An artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) made for the UTAU program.
uwu
Used to portray happiness or someone wanting to appear cute. Used more or less as an expression. Originated in the 2000s as an emoticon, with U's capitalized: UwU. The expression is commonly associated with e-girls, furries, femboys, and anime fandoms.
uwuification
The process of reinterpreting tough, stoic or villainous characters as soft or vulnerable, turning them into a babygirl; babygirlification.
uzhe
Clipping of usual.
u.p
United Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
UD to it
She was accordingly chained to a rock but was delivered by Perseus, who married her and, at the wedding, slew Phmeus, to whom she had been previously promised, with all his companions. After death she was placed among the stars. Angary, Right of. The right of a belligerent, under stress of necessity, to .confiscate or destroy neutral property, especially shipping, subject to claim for compensation.
uggo
Ugly.
uglier than homemade soap
Very ugly.
ugly
Ugliness.
ugly
Wicked, malicious, resentful.—American.
ugly American
An American who behaves rudely or disrespectfully abroad
ugly as bull-beef
Very ugly.
ugly customer
An unpleasant or difficult person to deal with
ugly duckling
Someone who is initially unwanted but later becomes valued
Ugly Duckling
An unpromising child who develops into a beautiful and admired grown- up ; from this the term is extended to anything of an unprepossessing nature that may change with time into its very reverse. The phrase is taken from Hans Andersen's story of the ugly duckling that proved to be a cygnet and, to its foster-mother's surprise, grew up into a lovely swan.
ugly is as ugly does
A person's character is reflected in their actions
ullages
The wine of all sorts left in the bottoms of glasses at a public dinner. This is emptied into a measure, and drunk behind the screen or in any convenient place by the waiters, which accounts for their stony glare and fishy appearance late in the evening. Maybe from Lat. ULLUS, any.
Ulster King-of-Arms
Chief heraldic officef of Ireland, and Registrar to the Order of St
Ultima Thule
The end of the world; the last extremity. Tibi serviat Ultima Thule.
Ulysses and Penelope
After the fall of Troy he went, attended by Athene in the guise of Mentor, in quest of his father. Ho ultimately found him, and the two returned to Ithaca and slew Penelope's suitors.