Definder - what does the word mean?

What is One Up?

A derivitive of the term "big ups"
(noun) origin - Jamaican 1980s. singular and plural.
1. An expression of support or encouragement.
2. An expression of remembrance.

"Donald gave Mike one ups on a good play"

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One Up - video


One Up - what is it?

being better that something or beating something real bad

i think john gonna one up tonny in that fight..or
that backflip off the dumpster is gonna one up jumping off that building in that comp.

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What does "One Up" mean?

To exceed expectations.

To do better than someone at something ( the person is generally good at the said task).

Omg I just one-uped the humanities test.

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One Up - what does it mean?

Inferior to - To do better than - to win - to be "served"

It seemed the other team was always One-Up on us.

Despite her efforts, Sally felt Jane was always One-Up on her in responses.

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One Up - meaning

Someone who always trys to "one-up" you by being better at EVERYTHING. Created by TK & MW (God)

Eg1
Guy: I just shot down the enemy chopper!

One-up: Yeah, I did that with my tomahawk like five times.

Eg2
Guy: I just got my first nuke!

One-up: Yeah, after my first nuke, I got one every round after that for three days straight

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One Up - definition

To outdo a deed of another.

I can one up that.

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One Up - slang

When one person talks about their accomplishment, another person in their discussion chimes in about how they have either already done that or how they have done something else. Common among friend groups, and acquaintances.

"John needs to stop fucking one upping everyone!"
"Stop one upping and let me tell my story."

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One Up

What has happened to a person when they have been outdone by another

Person A: "I just got a 93% on my history test!"
Person B: "I got a 98%."
Person A: "Ok, you one-upped me there."

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One Up

Another way of saying "One." Means bye or what is said at the end of a conversation between 2 people.

Person 1- Aight, I'll get at you later.
Person 2- Aight, One Up.

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One Up

A marijuana smoking game in which you pass the spliff around a group and each person takes one more toke than the last. This goes on till there are not enough tokes left in the spliff for the next set of tokes.

Jeff - Lets play one up! I'll start: *holds up hand with 1 finger raised and takes a toke*

Jim - *takes two tokes and holds up 2 fingers*

Emma - *takes three tokes and holds up three fingers*

Jeff - *takes four tokes and holds up four fingers*

Jim - *takes five tokes and holds up five fingers*

Emma - *takes six tokes and runs out of fingers*

and so on...

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