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fillup

fillup noun: an act or process of filling up; a replenishment.

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
    • The disadvantage of slow fillups is somewhat offset by the cost, the equivalent of $1.20 to $1.40 a gallon, Mr. Carr said.2007 February 18, Jim Motavalli, “A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage”, in New York Times
  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 fillup

pluralfillups

Origin of fillup

From fill + up.

Questions about fillup

What does fillup mean?
Fillup means an act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
What part of speech is fillup?
Fillup is a noun.
What is the plural of fillup?
The plural of fillup is fillups.

Words near fillup in the dictionary

  1. fills someone's shoes
  2. fills the bill
  3. fills up
  4. fillum
  5. fillums
  6. fillup
  7. fillups
  8. filly
  9. fillér
  10. fillérs
  11. film

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