plural upticks
1
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.—
Don Peck
Don PeckAny near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.—Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar2
finance
: a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security
Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher
compare downtick sense 2
Martin Fackler and Keith BradsherExamples of uptick in a Sentence
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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NielsenIQ has also tracked that professional beauty brands have seen an uptick in spending and are penetrating the market as shoppers have their eyes on salon-quality results and saving the trip.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
Flow Space consulted with medical experts to learn more about this recent uptick of COPD diagnoses in women and what those who have developed the pulmonary condition can do about it.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 2025
Eaglin said his store was already seeing the early, end-of-year uptick in shopping.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
The streamer’s internal data also shows a sizable uptick in viewing for Landman’s first season over the past few days.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Nov. 2025
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
Flow Space consulted with medical experts to learn more about this recent uptick of COPD diagnoses in women and what those who have developed the pulmonary condition can do about it.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 20 Nov. 2025
Eaglin said his store was already seeing the early, end-of-year uptick in shopping.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2025
The streamer’s internal data also shows a sizable uptick in viewing for Landman’s first season over the past few days.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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uptick
noun
up·tick
ˈəp-ˌtik 
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
an uptick in cost
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