number one
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number one¹
Where it comes from
Piecewise doublet of numero uno.
adjective
- First; foremost; best, often used after its headword. Commuting to work is the number one reason to own a car.
- Black, African-American.
noun number ones
- The most important person, the one who is in charge.
- 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...
- 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!
- Urine; urination. 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.
- The single that has sold the most in a given period.
- 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.
- The batsman who opens the batting.
- A first lieutenant.
- A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number, one.
Number One²
proper noun
- A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Translations
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noun top-ranking person
| Français | numéro un |
|---|---|
| Русский | гла́вный glávnyj, гла́вное лицо́ glávnoje licó |
noun urine or urination euphemism
| Español | aguas menores |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 小 shō |
| हिन्दी | पेशाब peśāb, मूत mūt, मूत्र mūtra |
| Kiswahili | haja ndogo |
| Português | número um |
| Français | petite commission |
| Ελληνικά | ψιλό psiló |
| Русский | ма́лое де́ло máloje délo, ма́лая нужда́ málaja nuždá, по-маленькому po-malenʹkomu |
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title = {number one},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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