Meaning of number one | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The most important person, the one who is in charge.
2. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
3. Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first.
4. Oneself, being considered foremost, as by an egoist.
5. Urine; urination.
   childish, euphemistic
6. The single that has sold the most in a given period.
7. The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit.
8. The batsman who opens the batting.
9. A first lieutenant.
10. A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
11. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one.

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Examples

“The phone rings, in the middle of the night / My father yells "what you gonna do with your life" / Oh, daddy, dear, you know you're still number one / But girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have...”

“Djokovic came through 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 to end Nadal's reign as Wimbledon champion, before overtaking the Spaniard as world number one on Monday.”

“No man should have more than two attachments—the first, to number one, and the second to the ladies; that's what I say—ha! ha!”

“He might have got up, without the bell's sounding, to do his number one, or number two, in his great big white chamber-pot.”

“England number one Hart produced a magnificent moment to deny Van Persie once more just after the hour mark, leaping across his goal to fingertip the Dutchman's crashing 25-yard, top corner-bound drive away.”

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