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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From there, Lamb would see an uptick in his PPG mark all the way until 2023.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The weather will still be mild, but the uptick in visitors during high season is stark and the city may be much more enjoyable in the shoulder seasons.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
The organization, which represents and collects data from 53 poison centers across the country, issued a health advisory Friday, June 12, warning parents and the public about an uptick in teen poisonings linked specifically to diphenhydramine.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 June 2026
The effective closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of the world's oil supply, has led to global economic ramifications, with energy prices soaring and an uptick in inflation.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 12 June 2026
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Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The weather will still be mild, but the uptick in visitors during high season is stark and the city may be much more enjoyable in the shoulder seasons.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
The organization, which represents and collects data from 53 poison centers across the country, issued a health advisory Friday, June 12, warning parents and the public about an uptick in teen poisonings linked specifically to diphenhydramine.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 June 2026
The effective closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of the world's oil supply, has led to global economic ramifications, with energy prices soaring and an uptick in inflation.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 12 June 2026
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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uptick
noun
up·tick
ˈəp-ˌtik 
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
an uptick in cost
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