upstairs

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/
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/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ · /ˈʌpˌstɛɹz/ · /ˌʌpˈstɛəz/ · /ˈʌpˌstɛəz/ · /ɐpˈsteːz/ · /ˈɐpsteːz/ · /ɐpˈstiəz/ · /ˈɐpˌstiəz/ · /ɐpˈsteəz/ · /ˈɐpˌsteəz/ · /ʌpˈsteɹz/ · /ˈʌpˌsteɹz/ · /ˌʊpˈstɛːz/ · /ˈʊpˌstɛːz/ · /ʊpˈstɜː(ɹ)z/ · /ˈʊpˌstɜː(ɹ)z/

Definition of upstairs

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
    “We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.”
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adj

  1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
    “We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.”
  2. (informal)Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
    “That fastball was upstairs for a ball.”

adv

  1. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
    “I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.”
    “I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.”
    “The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.”
    “There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.”
    “In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]”
  2. (informal)In the brain or mind.
    “After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.”
    “I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane”
  3. (informal)In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

noun

  1. An upper storey.
  2. (euphemistic, slang)A woman's breasts.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From up- + stair + -s.

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