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ginger up

ginger up verb: to make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.

Verb

ginger up (third-person singular simple present gingers up, present participle gingering up, simple past and past participle gingered up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.

Forms of ginger up

third-person singular presentgingers up
present participlegingering up
past participlegingered up
pastgingered up

Questions about ginger up

What does ginger up mean?
Ginger up means to make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.
What part of speech is ginger up?
Ginger up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ginger up?
The past tense of ginger up is gingered up.

Words near ginger up in the dictionary

  1. ginger roots
  2. ginger snap
  3. ginger snaps
  4. ginger talk
  5. ginger talks
  6. ginger up
  7. ginger wine
  8. ginger-hackled
  9. ginger-haired
  10. ginger-headed
  11. ginger-pop

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