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.
ultr
Ultr — compressed 'u là trời' ('oh my heavens'): the keyboard gasp of Vietnamese Gen Z.
ung dung tự tại
Serenely self-contained — at ease wherever one stands, beholden to nothing.
uyển nhục y sang
Cutting flesh to dress the sore — relief today carved out of tomorrow.
uốn ba tấc lưỡi
Flexing three inches of tongue — deploying every wile of persuasion.
uốn cây từ thuở còn non Dạy con từ thuở con còn ngây thơ
Bend the tree while it's young; teach the child while it's innocent — formation's window in one couplet.
uốn gối mềm lưng
Bent knee and pliant back — bowing and scraping to power.
uốn tre uốn thuở còn măng, dạy vợ dạy thuở băn khoăn mới về
Bend bamboo while it's still a shoot; guide a wife in her uncertain first days — formation belongs to beginnings.
uống nước cả cặn
Drinking down to the dregs — greed that leaves nothing, not even the lees, for anyone else.
uống nước sông nhớ ngọn nguồn
Drinking river water, remember the source upstream — every benefit has a headwater to honor.
uống rượu luận anh hùng
Judging heroes over wine — the lordly presumption of Cao Cao ranking the world's great men at table.
uống rượu như hũ chìm
Drinking like a sunken jar — a capacity the vat itself would respect.
uổng xích nhi trực tầm
Bend a foot to gain a fathom? — the gentleman refuses; no profit licenses a crooked inch.
ù té quyền
To run away, flee, or bail out of an awkward, difficult, or dangerous situation as fast as possible — always said with a wink.
ú na ú nấn
Plump and podgy — soft, chubby rolls everywhere.
ước gì anh hóa ra gương, để cho em cứ ngày thường em soi. Ước gì anh hóa ra cơi, để cho em đựng cau tươi trầu vàng
Would you were a mirror, for me to gaze in daily; would you were a betel box, for me to keep fresh areca and golden leaf — love wishing itself into the beloved's hands.
ước gì sông rộng một gang, bắc cầu dải yếm để chàng sang chơi
Would the river were one hand-span wide — I'd bridge it with my yếm-strap for you to cross and visit — desire re-engineering geography.