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Tupperize

Tupperize verb: to adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware.

Verb

Tupperize (third-person singular simple present Tupperizes, present participle Tupperizing, simple past and past participle Tupperized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware.
    • I ordered Tupperware and had one of her distributors Tupperize our pantry. It's been a year now, and I'm still excited about my organized pantry and the Simonsens.1990, Emilie Barnes, Things Happen when Women Care, page 220
    • “I hope I can Tupperize my family!” gushes Ann. Now there's a woman who could use a bit more role distance. Identified with her role as Tupperware party hostess, Ann doesn't seem happily at home in the social world.2008, Don Herzog, Cunning, page 154
  2. To write in the style of the English poet and novelist Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889).

Forms of Tupperize

third-person singular presentTupperizes
present participleTupperizing
past participleTupperized
pastTupperized

Origin of Tupperize

From Tupper + -ize.

Questions about Tupperize

What does Tupperize mean?
Tupperize means to adapt or convert to the use of Tupperware.
What part of speech is Tupperize?
Tupperize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Tupperize?
The past tense of Tupperize is Tupperized.

Words near Tupperize in the dictionary

  1. Tupper's self-referential formula
  2. Tupperesque
  3. Tupperian
  4. Tupperish
  5. Tupperism
  6. Tupperize
  7. Tupperized
  8. Tupperizes
  9. Tupperizing
  10. Tuppers
  11. tupperware

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