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glow-ups

glow-ups is the plural of glow-up.

Meaning of glow-up

Noun

glow-up (plural glow-ups)

  1. (slang) A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc.
    • I recognised this in college, before he got his teeth done, before he got the tan and the #confidence and the style, back when he was obsessed with Eminem and had terrible bleached hair. I bagged him as my bestie nice and early, before his uber glow-up.2017, Vicky Pattison, My Sister's Wedding, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    glow-down

Questions about glow-ups

What is glow-ups the plural of?
Glow-ups is the plural of glow-up.

Words near glow-ups in the dictionary

  1. glow-lamp
  2. glow-lamps
  3. glow-nigger
  4. glow-niggers
  5. glow-up
  6. glow-ups
  7. glow-worm
  8. glow-worms
  9. Glowacki
  10. Glowackis
  11. glowbar

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