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cleanup

/ˈkliːnʌp/

cleanup noun: the act of cleaning or tidying something. Also the misspelling of clean up.

Noun

cleanup (countable and uncountable, plural cleanups)

  1. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
    • the cost of environmental cleanup after an oil spill
  2. The act of finishing something off.
  3. Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
    • Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.
    • The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob...1994, Ronald A. Mayer, The 1937 Newark Bears: A Baseball Legend, →ISBN, page 27

Also used as

cleanup is also the misspelling of clean up.

cleanup meaning in Marathi

cleanup in Marathi

the act of cleaning or tidying
सफाई saphāī, साफसफाई sāphasphāī

Examples of cleanup in a sentence

  • There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.2000, Richard Ben Cramer, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, →ISBN, page 528:
  • I had been getting hits off Jim Palmer and had a streak going and went from hitting 8th to 7th, to 6th, 5th, and then finally McKeon put me in at cleanup.2010, Kenneth Hogan, Batting 10th for the Yankees, →ISBN:

All 26 example sentences with cleanup

Forms of cleanup

pluralcleanups
alternative formclean-up

Plural of cleanup: cleanups

Origin of cleanup

A deverbal from clean up.

Words formed from cleanup

Phrases with cleanup

Questions about cleanup

What does cleanup mean?
Cleanup means the act of cleaning or tidying something.
What is cleanup in Marathi?
Cleanup in Marathi is सफाई (saphāī), साफसफाई (sāphasphāī). See Cleanup meaning in Marathi.
How do you use cleanup in a sentence?
There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.
What part of speech is cleanup?
Cleanup is a noun.
How do you pronounce cleanup?
Cleanup is pronounced /ˈkliːnʌp/.
What is the plural of cleanup?
The plural of cleanup is cleanups.

Words near cleanup in the dictionary

  1. cleantech
  2. cleantechs
  3. cleanth
  4. Cleanthean
  5. Cleanthes
  6. cleanup
  7. cleanup hitter
  8. cleanup hitters
  9. cleanup in aisle
  10. cleanup man
  11. cleanup men

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