Definitions for getup

getup get·up

Spelling: [get-uhp]
IPA: /ˈgɛtˌʌp/

Getup is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in getup (egptu).

Definitions for getup

noun

  1. costume; outfit:
  2. arrangement or format; style:
  3. getup.
  4. get-up-and-go.

Origin of getup

First recorded in 1825-35; noun use of verb phrase get up

Examples for getup

She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”

Couldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.

There was cheer in Naab's "getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.

The matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.

Word Value for getup
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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