ups

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of uninterruptible power supply/source.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of ubiquitin-proteasome system.
4. (form-of, plural)plural of up
5. (form-of, plural)plural of UP

verb

1. (nonstandard, transitive)To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply.

   “If you don't want to lose all your data when the power goes out, you should UPS your computer.”

2. (informal, transitive)To send a package or letter by UPS, or a competitor.

   “I UPSed the headset off to Flightcom at its headquarters in Oregon with a letter explaining that the headset was not working and that I was not the original owner and didn't have the slightest idea how old it was.”

   “I don't think it was to trivialize, but she said about UPSing, maybe we will just UPS it. Mr. Chairman, we are talking lives of Americans in places like Somalia. I mean no one is talking about UPSing the bodies of American soldiers back.”

   “It beats carrying the copies around. "UPSing where?" To a friend back home. With a note saying to sit on it until I pick it up."”

   “Alice had UPSed it to the Black Hills in one of the cartons containing a select group of artifacts from their past that arrived a week after her move.”

   “I bought it, U-hauled it, moved it upstairs and down, stuffed it into elevators, stored it, boxed it, UPSed it, donated it to charities, refinished it, sold it at yard sales, filled dumpsters with it, cursed it and cried over it.”

3. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of up

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of United Parcel Service.

   “When C.J. Parker got his new passport in the mail, he was initially in disbelief. Parker thought that the contents of the UPS envelope that he had opened must have been a mistake: The 27-year-old’s corrected birth certificate and a court order certifying his name and gender change had seemingly been destroyed.”

2. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of United Parañaque Subdivision: several subdivisions in barangays San Martin De Porres, San Isidro, BF Homes, and Marcelo Green Village, in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

intj

1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of oops.

adj

1. (Singapore, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, predicative)Alternative spelling of upz (“outstanding”).