Word.ws English Dictionary

send-ups

send-ups is the plural of send-up.

Meaning of send-up

Noun

send-up (plural send-ups)

  1. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.
    • The tired storyline, centered on a lesbian couple's search for a sperm donor, is irritatingly spoofish and lacks the subtlety that makes for great send-ups.2006, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Blood Moon's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film, page 115

Questions about send-ups

What is send-ups the plural of?
Send-ups is the plural of send-up.

Words near send-ups in the dictionary

  1. send up
  2. send word
  3. send-off
  4. send-offs
  5. send-up
  6. send-ups
  7. sendable
  8. Sendai
  9. Sendai River
  10. Sendai virus
  11. Sendakian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: send-ups (page history and authors); send-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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “send-ups.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/send-ups. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.