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fill-up

fill-up is the alternative form of fillup.

Meaning of fillup

Noun

fillup (plural fillups)

  1. An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
    • We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors...1866, John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ
  2. Filler material.
    • […] various vocal techniques of presentation and delivery as well as how to ad-lib assorted information from programme parades as "fill-ups" at programme junctions.1988, Combroad, numbers 78-85, page 49

Forms of fill-up

pluralfill-ups

Questions about fill-up

What is fill-up the alternative form of?
Fill-up is the alternative form of fillup.

Words near fill-up in the dictionary

  1. fill-in
  2. fill-ins
  3. fill-kill
  4. fill-out
  5. fill-outs
  6. fill-up
  7. fill-ups
  8. fill/kill
  9. Filla
  10. fillability
  11. fillable

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