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glowup

glowup is the alternative form 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

Forms of glowup

pluralglowups

Questions about glowup

What is glowup the alternative form of?
Glowup is the alternative form of glow-up.

Words near glowup in the dictionary

  1. glowsome
  2. glowstick
  3. glowsticks
  4. glowstone
  5. glowstones
  6. glowup
  7. glowups
  8. glowvine
  9. glowworm
  10. glowworms
  11. glowy

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