upstairs

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

   • We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.
2. 2

   Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

   • That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
3. 3

   Up the stairs

   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.
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   1. 4

      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
   2. 5

      In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

   3. 6

      An upper storey.

   4. 7

      A woman's breasts.

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