Definition of "uppies"

uppies

noun
1. Plural or synonym of uppy (“(childish) act of being held up”).
  Quotations
  A million moments and first times meshed in the video of my mind. My young, tenderhearted, caring boy, who reached for me to carry him—“Uppies, Mommy, uppies”—down the hallway […]
  2010 06, Rosalind E. Frascona, So Help Me God: Glimpses and Glimmers of Life, Xlibris Corporation, page 191
  When Daddy Gives Me Uppies When Daddy gives me uppies / Then I soar just like a plane, / It's bad I weigh five hundred pounds, / But good he has a crane.
  2011 March 16, I. H. Smythe, Poetry for Animals, iUniverse
  How dare he leave me? Then I'm up. I'm up and bathing and dressed and eating a fish on the stone terrace. I'm terribly thin; I hear Thale tell Simon. The baby smiles at me in big surprise and holds her arms up to me. Uppies, uppies!
  2012 September 18, Annabel Lyon, The Sweet Girl, Random House Canada
  “Mind giving Amelia a ride too? You know how much the kids love your piggyback rides. Plus I think you have a better view of the stage.” Amelia immediately began pulling, asking for “uppies,” and Haru obliged her […]
  2018 June 26, Freddy MacKay, Angel Martinez, Fireworks and Stolen Kisses, Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)