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UPSing

UPSing is the present participle and gerund of UPS.

Meaning of UPS

Verb (1)

UPS (third-person singular simple present UPSes, present participle UPSing, simple past and past participle UPSed)

  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.

Verb (2)

UPS (third-person singular simple present UPSes, present participle UPSing, simple past and past participle UPSed)

  1. (informal, transitive, postal) 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.1993, George S. Hunt (Ann Arbor, Michigan), “Flying Mail/Flightcom fan”, in Flying Magazine, volume 120, number 5, page 24

Questions about UPSing

What is UPSing the present participle and gerund of?
UPSing is the present participle and gerund of UPS.

Words near UPSing in the dictionary

  1. upsilon meson
  2. upsilon mesons
  3. upsilon particle
  4. upsilon particles
  5. upsilons
  6. UPSing
  7. upsitting
  8. upsittings
  9. upsizable
  10. upsize
  11. upsized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: UPSing (page history and authors); UPS (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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