Definitions for upper

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upper up·per

Spelling: [uhp-er]

IPA: /ˈʌp ər/

Upper is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in upper (eppru).

Definitions for upper

noun

1. the part of a shoe or boot above the sole, comprising the quarter, vamp, counter, and lining.
2. an upper berth.
3. a gaiter made of cloth. Compare gaiter (def 1).
4. Usually, uppers. an upper dental plate. an upper tooth.
5. Informal. the higher of two bunks or berths.
6. a stimulant drug, especially an amphetamine.
7. a pleasant or elating experience, person, or situation.

Idioms

1. on one's uppers, Informal. reduced to poverty; without sufficient means:

adjective

1. higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale:
2. superior, as in rank, dignity, or station.
3. (of places) at a higher level, more northerly, or farther from the sea:
4. (often initial capital letter) Stratigraphy. denoting a later division of a period, system, or the like:

Origin of upper

1300-50; Middle English; see up (adj.), -er⁴

Examples for upper

But the terrible thing about him was the death's-head look of the upper part of him.

Sure, the Red Coats had the upper hand in terms of transportation, supplies and training.

When I came to New York after college I was taken with the world of Jewish intellectuals and the upper West Side.

His brother lay upon his bed, at the upper end of a long bed-chamber.

The chief stock was settled at Liberton, in the upper part of Clydesdale.

Targeting her upper back, Couple sat cross-legged on a table while she whipped her slave.

But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.

At that moment there was an uproar from the upper part of the hotel.

They and their allies seem to have the upper hand in Missouri.

Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.