bless up

interjection

A greeting or farewell.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. JamaicainformalA greeting or farewell.

    “Yo, what's up, niggas?” I said as I approached. “Yo, Father, bless up,” Gio said.

    2018, Racquel Williams, Carl Weber's Kingpins: Jamaica
    1 more example

    If you're not Jamaican, what you have here is a special opportunity to see who we actually are: we're not at all like you, but absolutely the same. Mostly, Arthurs has written a love letter to Jamaicans, and it feels so good. Yes, iyah. Bless up.

    2018, Alexia Arthurs, How to Love a Jamaican: Stories
Cite this entry
APA

bless up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bless%20up

MLA

“bless up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bless%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bless up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bless%20up.

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