Number one

adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    First; foremost; best, often used after its headword. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "Commuting to work is the number one reason to own a car."

  2. 2
    Black, African-American. US, not-comparable, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    The most important person, the one who is in charge.
  2. 2
    a reference to yourself or myself etc.; ‘take care of number one’ means to put your own interests first wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who is top of a ranking, who is ranked first.

    "The phone rings, in the middle of the night / My father yells "what you gonna do with your life" / Oh, daddy, dear, you know you're still number one / But girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have..."

  4. 4
    the first element in a countable series wordnet
  5. 5
    Oneself, being considered foremost, as by an egoist.

    "No man should have more than two attachments—the first, to number one, and the second to the ladies; that's what I say—ha! ha!"

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  1. 6
    the first or highest in an ordering or series wordnet
  2. 7
    Urine; urination. childish, euphemistic

    "He might have got up, without the bell's sounding, to do his number one, or number two, in his great big white chamber-pot."

  3. 8
    The single that has sold the most in a given period.
  4. 9
    The main goalkeeper of a team, so-called because they wear the number 1 on the back of their kit.

    "England number one Hart produced a magnificent moment to deny Van Persie once more just after the hour mark, leaping across his goal to fingertip the Dutchman's crashing 25-yard, top corner-bound drive away."

  5. 10
    The batsman who opens the batting.
  6. 11
    A first lieutenant.
  7. 12
    A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
  8. 13
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Piecewise doublet of numero uno.

Etymology 2

Piecewise doublet of numero uno.

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