upsadaisy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌpsəˈdeɪzɪ/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
upsadaisy / ˈʌpsəˈdeɪzɪ/
  1. a variant of upsy-daisy
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
up•sa-dai•sy  (up′sə dā′zē),USA pronunciation interj. 
  1. upsy-daisy.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
up•sy-dai•sy  (up′sē dā′zē),USA pronunciation interj. 
  1. (used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)
Also, upsa-daisy. 
  • 1860–65; compare earlier up-a-daisy, dialect, dialectal up-a-day, perh. up + (lack)aday, (lack)adaisy; -sy perh. to be identified with -sy

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
upsy-daisy / ˈʌpsɪˈdeɪzɪ/, upsadaisy
  1. an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
Etymology: 18th Century up-a-daisy, irregularly formed from up (adv)
'upsadaisy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
upsy-daisy

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