A rise, esp in stock prices; an increase of value: the strongest and broadest uptick in the history of the company/ Another 10 percent uptick and you double up again. Improvement; raising: His apparent uptick in spirit was contagious.
The Most Anticipated New Winter Shows. The beloved holiday special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is 50 this year. The collaboration between Chuck Jones, arguably the greatest animator of the 20th century, and Dr. Seuss, arguably the greatest children's book author of all time, first aired on CBS on December 18, 1966.
Contemporary Examples. 1  Yep, the song the Whos sing in How the Grinch stole Christmas. â 2 He did not trust his slaves and regularly complained that they shirked work, stole supplies, and broke tools,â writes Larson. 3  Judge Drioux intimated Picasso he was part of a larger gang of criminals who stole the Mona Lisa.