Definitions for pull-up

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Spelling: [poo l-uhp]
IPA: /ˈpʊlˌʌp/

Pull-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in pull-up (-llppuu).

Definitions for pull-up

noun

  1. an exercise consisting of chinning oneself, as on a horizontal bar attached at each end to a doorpost.
  2. a flight maneuver in which an aircraft climbs sharply from level flight.

Origin of pull-up

First recorded in 1850-55; noun use of verb phrase pull up

Examples for pull-up

I went for a change to another "pull-up" than my usual one, and there paid tenpence for a wholly insufficient dinner.

And now he spoke with the irritation of one who had felt a pull-up.

Most perimeter defenders are powerless against his first step and pull-up jumpers.

Our first pull-up was by a little potato-field, memorable as the spot where the gallant Wolfe fell.

Even had I been able to afford it, my "pull-up" had now become such a stove that I do not think I could have entered it.

Think of all that it means, that it may mean to England, if we can keep these men from drifting, and give them a pull-up in time!

This pull-up, for such it most effectually was, completely unmanned me.

Word Value for pull-up
Scrable

6

Words with friends

10

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