sunup
/ˈsʌnʌp/
sunup noun: the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Noun
sunup (countable and uncountable, plural sunups)
- The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- “Shagbark, that was risky on your part; even where it lies it is much closer than I like, for we shall all have to see it in the morning.”
“No, you won’t; it’ll be gone afore sunup.”1909, Edward S. Ellis, Alden the Pony Express Rider
- Synonyms:
- sunrise, daybreak, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn
- “Shagbark, that was risky on your part; even where it lies it is much closer than I like, for we shall all have to see it in the morning.”
- The change in color of the sky at sunup.
Synonyms of sunup
- sunrise
- daybreak
- dawn
- ass crack of dawn
- break
- break of dawn
- break of day
- butt crack of dawn
- cockcrow
- crack of dawn
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Forms of sunup
| plural | sunups |
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Origin of sunup
sun + up
Questions about sunup
- What does sunup mean?
- Sunup means the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
- What part of speech is sunup?
- Sunup is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sunup?
- Sunup is pronounced /ˈsʌnʌp/.
- What is the plural of sunup?
- The plural of sunup is sunups.
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