upskips

Noun

upskip (plural upskips)

1. (obsolete) An upstart.
   • If you should ever see any of the King's Judges taking upon them a legislative, instead of a judicial, Power; dispensing with, denying, or withholding the known, established Laws, or executing the Dictates of any foreign Legislature, or Jurisdiction, unapproved by our Parliament; if any such should...1748, Charles Lucas, A thirteenth address to the free citizens and freeholders of the city of Dublin., page 31
2. A raise in pitch with no perceptible glide connecting the tone to the previous sound
   • Someone reading the following aloud, The normal course will have one to three hour-examinations per term and a three-hour examination at the end of each term. will feel a need to put a pause after the first three and resume on hour with an abrupt upskip and also possibly a glottal stop plus head...1989, Dwight Le Merton Bolinger, Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse, page 84

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