present participle of belly up

An annual swan census in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and released.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scale, up. / To increase the size of something whilst maintaining proportion. / To change a process in order to allow for greater quantities.

plural of up quark

(transitive, informal) To construct in a shoddy, makeshift manner.

(informal, transitive) To modify the engine of (a motor vehicle) to give a higher performance than the specifications. / (by extension) To embellish with many additions.

simple past tense and past participle of hurry up

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurry up

present participle of hurry up

(informal, intransitive) To become more relaxed or less demanding. / (informal, intransitive) To reduce one's speed.