Meaning of upright | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Any vertical part of a structure.
3. A goal post.
4. A leg.
   slang
5. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
6. Short for upright piano
   abbreviation, alt-of, informal
7. Short for upright arcade game cabinet
   abbreviation, alt-of, informal
8. Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
   British, dialectal, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“On the change in architectural forms from the pyramidal to the obeliscar, the fires were transferred from the altars, or cubes, to the summits of the typical uprights, or towers; […]”

“Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright.”

“The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.”

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