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powerup

powerup is the alternative spelling of power-up.

Meaning of power-up

Noun

power-up (plural power-ups)

  1. A collectable item that gives the player some benefit.
    • The fist power-up gives you a more powerful punch.
    Antonyms:
    power-down

Forms of powerup

pluralpowerups

Questions about powerup

What is powerup the alternative spelling of?
Powerup is the alternative spelling of power-up.

Words near powerup in the dictionary

  1. powertops
  2. powertrain
  3. powertrains
  4. powertrip
  5. powertrips
  6. powerup
  7. powerups
  8. powerviolence
  9. powerwalk
  10. powerwalked
  11. powerwalker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powerup (page history and authors); power-up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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