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Pull-up

//ˈpʊl.ʌp// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.

    "DeWitt compared the average number of pullups college men can do grasping the bar with palms toward the face (supinated) and palms away from the face (pronated), and with kicking and kipping while raising the body. The subjects averaged 2.08 more pullups with the palms supinated than with the palms pronated."

  2. 2
    Synonym of training pants (“undergarments worn by incontinent people, typically infants, to aid in toilet training during the transition between diapers and underpants”).
  3. 3
    A pull-up resistor.
  4. 4
    an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar wordnet
  5. 5
    a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To do a pull-up or pull oneself up similarly.

    "2012, The Young Despondents. Jason M. Burns. With a sleek yet muscular build, Nick out pullupped everyone during physical fitness week"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pull up.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from pull up.

Etymology 3

Genericized trademark: from the Pull-Ups brand of training pants sold by Huggies.

Etymology 4

Clipping.

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