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upglide

upglide noun: an upward glide.

Noun

upglide (plural upglides)

  1. An upward glide.
    • Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides.2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56

Forms of upglide

pluralupglides

Origin of upglide

From up + glide.

Questions about upglide

What does upglide mean?
Upglide means an upward glide.
What part of speech is upglide?
Upglide is a noun.
What is the plural of upglide?
The plural of upglide is upglides.

Words near upglide in the dictionary

  1. upgiving
  2. upglance
  3. upglanced
  4. upglances
  5. upglancing
  6. upglide
  7. upglides
  8. upgliding
  9. UPGMA
  10. upgo
  11. upgoes

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