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carb up

carb up verb: to consume a large amount of carbohydrates, ostensibly for energy; generally a practice of athletes, especially runners and swimmers.

Verb

carb up (third-person singular simple present carbs up, present participle carbing up, simple past and past participle carbed up)

  1. (informal) To consume a large amount of carbohydrates, ostensibly for energy; generally a practice of athletes, especially runners and swimmers.
    • Let's have a spaghetti feed to carb up before the big meet.
    Synonyms:
    carbo-load

Synonyms of carb up

Forms of carb up

third-person singular presentcarbs up
present participlecarbing up
past participlecarbed up
pastcarbed up

Questions about carb up

What does carb up mean?
Carb up means to consume a large amount of carbohydrates, ostensibly for energy; generally a practice of athletes, especially runners and swimmers.
What part of speech is carb up?
Carb up is a verb.
What is the past tense of carb up?
The past tense of carb up is carbed up.

Words near carb up in the dictionary

  1. carazolol
  2. carazostatin
  3. Caraș-Severin
  4. carb
  5. carb flu
  6. carb up
  7. carb-
  8. carb-face
  9. carbaalanate
  10. carbaalanates
  11. carbaalane

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