Standard Lemma guide

upskirt

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈʌpskəːt/
  • Northern-California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Designating a voyeuristic image of the view up a woman's skirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An image of this kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pantyshot, panchira

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The area inside a skirt, as viewed from below and while being worn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her upskirt is very frilly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To take a voyeuristic photograph up the skirt of (a woman), especially surreptitiously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From up + skirt. First attested in 1997. As a verb, in 2008.