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pull-ups

pull-ups is the plural of pull-up.

pull-ups is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull-up.

Meaning of pull-up

Noun (1)

pull-up (plural pull-ups)

  1. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.
    • DeWitt compared the average number of pullups college men can do grasping the bar with palms toward the face (supinated) and palms away from the face (pronated), and with kicking and kipping while raising the body. The subjects averaged 2.08 more pullups with the palms supinated than with the palms...1978 Physical Fitness Research Digest page 3

Noun (2)

pull-up (plural pull-ups)

  1. Synonym of training pants (“undergarments worn by incontinent people, typically infants, to aid in toilet training during the transition between diapers and underpants”).
    Synonyms:
    training pants

Noun (3)

pull-up (plural pull-ups)

  1. A pull-up resistor.

See all 4 meanings of pull-up

Questions about pull-ups

What is pull-ups the plural of?
Pull-ups is the plural of pull-up.

Words near pull-ups in the dictionary

  1. pull-up boys
  2. pull-up resistor
  3. pull-up resistors
  4. pull-upped
  5. pull-upping
  6. pull-ups
  7. pulla
  8. pullability
  9. pullable
  10. Pullabooka
  11. Pullano

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