UPS

noun

1. 1

   Variant of uninterruptible power supply/sourceInitialism of uninterruptible power supply/source.

2. 2

   Variant of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopyInitialism of ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy.

3. 3

   Variant of ubiquitin-proteasome systemInitialism of ubiquitin-proteasome system.

verb

1. 1

   To connect a device to an uninterruptible power supply.

   If you don't want to lose all your data when the power goes out, you should UPS your computer.

verb

1. 1

   informalTo send a package or letter by UPS, or a competitor.

   I UPSed the headset off to Flightcom at its headquarters in Oregon with a letter explaining that the headset was not working and that I was not the original owner and didn't have the slightest idea how old it was.

   I don't think it was to trivialize, but she said about UPSing, maybe we will just UPS it. Mr. Chairman, we are talking lives of Americans in places like Somalia. I mean no one is talking about UPSing the bodies of American soldiers back.

   It beats carrying the copies around. "UPSing where?" To a friend back home. With a note saying to sit on it until I pick it up."

   Alice had UPSed it to the Black Hills in one of the cartons containing a select group of artifacts from their past that arrived a week after her move.

proper noun

1. 1

   Variant of United Parcel ServiceInitialism of United Parcel Service.

   When C.J. Parker got his new passport in the mail, he was initially in disbelief. Parker thought that the contents of the UPS envelope that he had opened must have been a mistake: The 27-year-old’s corrected birth certificate and a court order certifying his name and gender change had seemingly been destroyed.

2. 2

   Variant of United Parañaque SubdivisionInitialism of United Parañaque Subdivision: several subdivisions in barangays San Martin De Porres, San Isidro, BF Homes, and Marcelo Green Village, in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Forms

plural

UPSes

past tense

UPSed

past participle

UPSed

present participle

UPSing

third person singular

UPSes