Synonyms for uptake
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhp-teyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌpˌteɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for uptake Other synonyms for the word uptake
Définition of uptake
Origin :- "capacity for understanding," 1816, from up + take. Cf. obsolete verb uptake "to pick or take up," attested from c.1300.
- As in back talk : noun rude answer
- "Say 'at it is," cried Jess, who was quicker in the uptake than her daughter.
- Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
- "I only said that the once," said Wully, shocked at her glibness in the uptake.
- Extract from : « Bud » by Neil Munro
- You are slower of the uptake, Anne, than is common with you.
- Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant
- "Men are apt to be slow in the uptake," she added indulgently.
- Extract from : « A Safety Match » by Ian Hay
- Now at that time I own that I was not bright in the uptake about such things.
- Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett
- And in that look old Fanny, slow in the uptake though she undoubtedly was, read a tremendous piece of news.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- "I war jest a-studyin' erbout thet myself," affirmed Maggard whose quickness of uptake was more eager than truthful.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- Quick though the French are at the uptake, it took the good Commandant just a little while to settle down to the odd position.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917 » by Various
- The uptake and toobes is all sooted up, and we carn't get no steam to the hengines no'ow!'
- Extract from : « Pincher Martin, O.D. » by H. Taprell Dorling
- And the frequent traveling, in the absence of education, had made them sharp at understanding, quick in the uptake.
- Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne
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