Word.ws English Dictionary

washups

washups is the plural of washup.

Meaning of washup

Noun

washup (plural washups)

  1. The act by which something is washed.
  2. (informal) Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been.
  3. (slang) 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
  4. (UK, slang) The period prior to dissolution of parliament, in which any remaining bills are quickly pushed through or else abandoned.

Questions about washups

What is washups the plural of?
Washups is the plural of washup.

Words near washups in the dictionary

  1. washtub bassist
  2. washtub bassists
  3. washtubs
  4. washugyu
  5. washup
  6. washups
  7. washwater
  8. washway
  9. washways
  10. washwipe
  11. washwipes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: washups (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.

Last updated:

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