Definition of "upstairs"

upstairs

/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/

adjective
comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs
1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
2. (baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
adverb
comparative further upstairs, superlative furthest upstairs
1. Up the stairs; on a higher floor or level.
  Quotations
  There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.
  1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 255
  In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]
  1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41
  Marsha, let’s go upstairs! Audio (US)(file)
  2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
  2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68
2. (informal) In the brain or mind.
3. (informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
noun
plural upstairs
1. An upper storey.
2. (slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts.

Definition of "upstairs"

upstairs

adjective

adverb

Quotations

noun