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Meaning of "yuppy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF YUPPY

yuppy  [ˈjʌpɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YUPPY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yuppy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YUPPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Yuppie

Yuppie is a term that refers to a member of the upper middle class or upper class in their 20s or 30s. It first came into use in the early 1980s.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YUPPY


buppie
ˈbʌpɪ
cuppy
ˈkʌpɪ
duppy
ˈdʌpɪ
guppy
ˈɡʌpɪ
hiccupy
ˈhɪkʌpɪ
keepy-uppy
ˌkiːpɪˈʌpɪ
puppy
ˈpʌpɪ
yuppie
ˈjʌpɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YUPPY

yup
Yupik
yuppie
yuppie disease
yuppie flu
yuppiedom
yuppieish
yuppification
yuppified
yuppifies
yuppify
yupster
Yurev
Yurp
yurt
yutz
Yuzovka
yuzu

WORDS THAT END LIKE YUPPY

bumble-puppy
choppy
crappy
flappy
floppy
happy
hippy
hoppy
hush puppy
mud puppy
nappy
poppy
preppy
scrappy
sloppy
snappy
strappy
trippy
unhappy
zippy

Synonyms and antonyms of yuppy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «yuppy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YUPPY

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Translator English - Chinese

yuppy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yuppy
570 millions of speakers

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yuppy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

yuppy
380 millions of speakers
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yuppy
280 millions of speakers

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Yuppy
278 millions of speakers

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yuppy
270 millions of speakers

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yuppy
260 millions of speakers

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yuppy
220 millions of speakers

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Yuppy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Yuppie
180 millions of speakers

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ヤッピー
130 millions of speakers

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yuppy
85 millions of speakers

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Yuppy
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

yuppy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

yuppy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yuppy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

yuppy
65 millions of speakers

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yuppy
50 millions of speakers

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Yuppy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Yuppy
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

yuppy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

yuppy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

yuppy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

yuppy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yuppy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YUPPY»

The term «yuppy» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.742 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YUPPY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «yuppy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «yuppy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yuppy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YUPPY»

Discover the use of yuppy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yuppy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Problems in Global Perspective
Yuppy means: young-urban-professional or young, up-and-coming professional. With women's liberation, yuppy women emerged alongside yuppy men. In fact, yuppy couples would quickly become the norm. With black upward mobility, we ...
Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., Barbara J. Denison, 2004
2
Yuppy Puppy: The Art of Pampering Your Pooch
When pooch meets posh: Author Binky von Barksdale shares her sophistication with tips on how to provide readers' pups with a lavish lifestyle.
Binky Von Barksdale, 2004
3
WASABI: Affect Simulation for Agents with Believable ...
In this subsection the emotion architecture "Cathexis" is explained first, because it underlies the emotional capabilities of two sociable robots "Yuppy" and "Kismet" explained thereafter. (a) The emotional pet robot "Yuppy" (Velasquez 1 998. p.
Christian Becker-Asano, 2008
4
Murder in the Family: The Inside Story of the Jersey Murders
Every inch the yuppy, he boasted a fancy sports carandabank balance with a rate of acceleration to match. At nineteen he had his own table atone of Jersey's smartest restaurants, Victoria's, partof the Grand Hotel on theEsplanadein St Helier.
Jeremy Josephs, 2013
5
The Working Bedlington
A couple of months went by and I was at a hunt show (a rare occurrence for me) and there were Adrian and Soph's friends, still dressed like they were in a competition for yuppy of the year, so I walked over. 'Y'er alright?' I said to yuppy number ...
John Glover, 1999
6
Imagining Home: Writing from the Midwest
Yuppy wildlife biologists, yuppy archaeologists, yuppy owners of mega-media conglomerates, and yes, yuppy backpackers — more and more the land belongs to those made elite by wealth or education or physical health or even location.
Mark Vinz, Thom Tammaro, 2000
7
Fifty Years Among the New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms ...
... competitors, or inferiors [64.2 Summer 1989] yuppy British [62.4 Winter 1987 forematter] yuppy-bashing British criticism of yuppy values [62.4 Winter 1987] yup -scale upscale in a yuppie manner [64.2 Summer 1989] zany clownish, foolish, ...
John Algeo, 1993
8
Problem Solving Survival Guide t/a Financial Accounting
The following information relates to the Yuppy Clothing Sales Corporation at the end of 2012. The accounting period is the calendar year. This is the company's first year of operations. 1. Employees are paid every Monday for the five-day work  ...
Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, 2010
9
Flight of the Flamingo
I didn't know the man, who appeared to be in his late thirties or early forties, an older yuppy. He wore the yuppy uniform of button-down shirt with subtle cufflinks, straight-cut trousers and highly polished shoes. He had a very yuppy pair of ...
Mall Sangeeta
10
大学英语四级精讲精练: 写作篇
What's your view of hippy, yuppy and Bobo lifestyles? Are they worth copying? The "newly poor" class claims they're the biggest consumers ever. How has the attitude towards saving changed over the past two decades? And what do you think ...
‎2005

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Yuppy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/yuppy>. Apr 2024 ».
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