upspeed

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verb

To speed up.

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Meanings

verbupspeed (third-person singular simple present upspeeds, present participle upspeeding, simple past and past participle upsped or upspeeded)

present singular third person upspeeds · participle present upspeeding · participle past upsped · past upsped · participle past upspeeded · past upspeeded

  1. transitiveTo speed up.

    2011, Toby Sauer, Kevin Wallace, CCNP Voice CVoice 642-437 Quick Reference In dial peer 1, any calls to an extension 2000 thru 2009 that are answered by a modem will use modem relay using Named Signaling Events (NSE) to upspeed the codec to G.711ulaw if modem relay fails to negotiate.

    1 more example

    The helmsman stood beside the helm, / The flesh from off him fell; / And in his stead there was upsped / A grisly Death from Hell.

    1872, John Payne, Songs of Life and Death, page 9

Origin

up- + speed

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

speedup
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APA

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

MLA

“upspeed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upspeed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upspeed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upspeed.

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