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uppush

uppush verb: to push upward.

Verb

uppush (third-person singular simple present uppushes, present participle uppushing, simple past and past participle uppushed)

  1. To push upward.

Noun

uppush (plural uppushes)

  1. A pushing upward, or increase.
    • The defense costs must be met, and the less they are met by governmental borrowing, the less will be the inflationary uppush on prices. So when you grumble at paying the tax bill, remember that if it weren't for the taxes, you would be paying even more for things than you are.1951, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 5, number 2, page 4

Forms of uppush

Verb
third-person singular presentuppushes
present participleuppushing
past participleuppushed
pastuppushed
Noun
pluraluppushes

Origin of uppush

From up- + push.

Questions about uppush

What does uppush mean?
Uppush means to push upward.
What part of speech is uppush?
Uppush can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of uppush?
The past tense of uppush is uppushed.

Words near uppush in the dictionary

  1. uppropped
  2. uppropping
  3. upprops
  4. Upps
  5. Uppsala
  6. uppush
  7. uppushed
  8. uppushes
  9. uppushing
  10. upput
  11. upputs

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