wash-up
wash-up is the alternative form of washup.
Meaning of washup
Noun
washup (plural washups)
- The act by which something is washed.
- Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been.
- A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game.
- I found it quite interesting that the players had gone to great lengths not to fire nuclear weapons, even in games that pitted Soviet and Western forces against each other in demanding situations. […] Huge arguments would take place in the post-game analyses or "washups."2001, William J Crowe, Jr., The Line of Fire
- The period prior to dissolution of parliament, in which any remaining bills are quickly pushed through or else abandoned.
Forms of wash-up
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Origin of wash-up
Deverbal from wash up.
Phrases with wash-up
Questions about wash-up
- What is wash-up the alternative form of?
- Wash-up is the alternative form of washup.
Words near wash-up in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wash-up (page history and authors); washup (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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