push-up
/ˈpʊʃˌʌp/
push-up adjective: supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size.
Adjective
push-up (not comparable)
- Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size.
- Talk about lucky stripes: This push-up top features pads to provide oomph and make sure the girls stay sunny-side up.2008, Women's Health, page 141
- I paused to say, “Good,” then returned to breathing and vocalizing while I repeatedly bent over, stretched, and rolled up slowly, warming up my spine—and ignoring the way the wires of my push-up corset poked and squeezed me.2011, Laura Resnick, Vamparazzi: Book Four of Esther Diamond, Penguin, →ISBN
- Designed to be worn rolled up.
- Season's most popular blouses feature push-up sleeves, little- boy collars, dainty ties.1952, Jet, page 41
- These intriguing outfits feature harem pants with long draped front-panel belts, slinky, sleeveless coats, flowing dresses that cling, trousers with push-up legs and deep-cut pants that reveal a whole lot of slim, smooth belly- button and all!1971, Ebony, page 121
Noun
push-up (plural push-ups)
- An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.
- I did lots of push-ups and pull-ups, and my only regret is that I stopped doing them as a young adult when I finally got to work out in health clubs instead of my basement or garage.2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- Synonyms:
- press-up
- A push-up bra.
- Push-ups give girls with smaller breasts an extra bit of lift and shape.2004, Katie Meier, A Girl's Guide to Life, page 93
Verb
push-up (third-person singular simple present push-ups, present participle push-upping, simple past and past participle push-upped)
- To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up–like manner.
- Jenk kept off to the side, but joined the class as they started their push-ups.[…] Jenk push-upped, eyes on the ground.2006, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Storm, page 154
push-up meaning in Tamil, Punjabi, Arabic and Malay
push-up in Tamil
- தண்டால், தள்ளெடு, தள்ளீ, குழைமக்குழி அடிப்பகுதி
push-up in Punjabi
- exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor
- ਡੰਡ ḍaṇḍ
push-up in Arabic
- exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor
- تَمْرِين اَلضَّغَط tamrīn aḍ-ḍaḡaṭ
push-up in Malay
- exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor
- tekan tubi
More languagesFewer languages
- push-up in Vietnamese
- hít đất, chống đẩy
Examples of push-up in a sentence
- In the sharper light of his hotel room, the woman's skin looked overpowdered; her bra was push-up, a pendant nestled in the cleavage.2015, Robin Kirman, Bradstreet Gate: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN:
- A lovely body-skimming blouson with flattering full sleeves and wide push-up cuffs.1992, The American Legion:
Synonyms of push-up
Forms of push-up
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pushup |
| Noun | |
| plural | push-ups |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | push-ups |
| present participle | push-upping |
| past participle | push-upped |
| past | push-upped |
Origin of push-up
Deverbal from push up.
Words formed from push-up
Phrases with push-up
Questions about push-up
- What does push-up mean?
- Push-up means supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size.
- What is push-up in Tamil?
- Push-up in Tamil is தண்டால், தள்ளெடு, தள்ளீ. See Push-up meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use push-up in a sentence?
- In the sharper light of his hotel room, the woman's skin looked overpowdered; her bra was push-up, a pendant nestled in the cleavage.
- What part of speech is push-up?
- Push-up can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce push-up?
- Push-up is pronounced /ˈpʊʃˌʌp/.
Words near push-up in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: push-up (page history and authors); push-up (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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