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bud up

bud up verb: to don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.

Verb (1)

bud up (third-person singular simple present buds up, present participle budding up, simple past and past participle budded up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.

Verb (2)

bud up (third-person singular simple present buds up, present participle budding up, simple past and past participle budded up)

  1. Synonym of buddy up
    Synonyms:
    buddy up

Synonyms of bud up

Forms of bud up

third-person singular presentbuds up
present participlebudding up
past participlebudded up
pastbudded up

Questions about bud up

What does bud up mean?
Bud up means to don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.
What part of speech is bud up?
Bud up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bud up?
The past tense of bud up is budded up.

Words near bud up in the dictionary

  1. bud moths
  2. bud off
  3. bud out
  4. bud tender
  5. bud tenders
  6. bud up
  7. bud-bud-ding-ding
  8. Buda
  9. Buda-Kashalyova
  10. Buda-Pest
  11. Budac

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