YUPPY

Meaning of YUPPY in English

n. (pl. -ies) colloq., usu. derog. a young middle-class professional person working in a city.

Etymology: young urban professional

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

YUPPY — /yup"ee/ , n. , pl. yuppies . ( often cap. ) yuppie.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YUPPY — yupp|y, Yupp|y BrE AmE ˈjʌp| i ▷ yupp|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
YUPPY — ➡ yuppie
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YUPPY — n. (pl. -ies) colloq., usu. derog. a young middle-class professional person working in a city. [young urban professional]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YUPPY — n. (pl. -ies) colloq., usu. derog. a young middle-class professional person working in a city. [ young urban professional ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
YUPPY — хорошо оплачиваемый молодой специалист, работающий в городе
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
YUPPY — хорошо оплачиваемый молодой специалист, работающий в городе
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
YUPPIE — /yup"ee/ , n. ( often cap. ) a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YUPPIE — (also yuppy ) ■ noun ( plural ~s ) informal, derogatory a well-paid young middle-class professional working in a city. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
YUPPIE — (also yuppy ) / ˈjʌpi; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) ( informal , often disapproving ) a young …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YUPPIE — yup ‧ pie BrE AmE , yuppy /ˈjʌpi/ noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: young urban professional ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUANTIFY — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN attempt ▪ From this view any attempt to quantify or verify the meanings is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PURCHASING POWER — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The purchasing power of the dollar has declined. ▪ The average Mexican employee's purchasing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ITS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird flaps its wings (= it moves its wings up and down ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUGE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/great/huge risk ▪ There is a great risk that the wound will become infected. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLOSSY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES glossy/shiny ▪ She combed her hair until it was all glossy. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
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COURSE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YUPPIE — yuppy [noun] [C] [disapproving] - a young person who lives in a city, earns a lot of money and spends …
Cambridge English vocab
MATERIALISTIC — Synonyms and related words : Adamic, Circean, Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Marxian, Marxist, Megarian, Philistine, Stoic, animal, animalistic, animist, animistic, atomistic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AMBITIOUS — Synonyms and related words : adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, anxious, aspiring, audacious, avaricious, avid, bold, careerist, careeristic, chimerical, classy, daring, driving, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLICK — adj. 1 smooth, sleek, glossy, silky, silken, shiny, shining, glassy, slippery His slick hair looked as if it had been …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MATERIALISTIC — adj. expedient, money-oriented, possession-oriented, greedy, Slang yuppy He's very materialistic and only married her for her money
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AMBITIOUS — adj. 1 aspiring, hopeful; enthusiastic My son, I am just as ambitious for you as you are for yourself 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
YUPPIE — noun and adjective Also written Yuppie or yuppy (People and Society) noun: A young urban (or upwardly mobile) professional; a …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
YUPPIE — сущ. ; = yumpy, = yuppy; сокр. от young urban professional, young upwardly mobile professional person яппи ( отчасти ироническое …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
YUPPIE — сущ.; - yumpy, - yuppy; сокр. от young urban professional, young upwardly mobile professional person яппи (отчасти ироническое название для молодых …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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