Pull-up

  

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Pull-up

Definition: Pull-up

Pull-up

Noun

1. (British) a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Pull-up

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

The operation of assisting the turn-on of a bipolar transistor, especially a logic transistor, by inserting the base charge by some means other than allowing it to accumulate normally. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Pull-up

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
PUSSEnglishPull-up shallow water seismographN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Pull-up

Synonym: pull-in (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Pull-up

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cavaliers & Roundheads: The Story of the English Civil War With Pull-Up Scenes (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pull-up

Language Translations for "pull-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

拉扯 (Pull, Pulled, Pulling, pull-off). (various references)

   

Danish

  

pull-up (push-up). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pull up (push-up), opkomen (arise, ascend, get up, go up, lift, rise). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

nousuampaisu (push-up), ampaisu (push-up). (various references)

   

French

  

traction (pull), tirage vers le haut (push-up). (various references)

   

German

  

Hochziehen (hike up, hitch up, hoist, hunch up, lift up, pull up, raise, run up, through up, to hoist). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανύψωση (elevation, heave, lift, lifting, raising, uplift). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

felemelkedési pont (pull-up point). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pull-up (push-up), sblocco assistito (push-up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

懸垂 (chin up, chinning). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

け"すい (chin up, chinning). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

당기십시" 위로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ull-uppay

   

Portuguese

  

enriquecimento (enrichment, moneymaking). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

натяжение (bent, drag, pull, pull up, stretch, tension). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

conexión asistida por enriquecimiento (push-up). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pull-up (push-up). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Pull-up

Misspellings

"Pull-up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pulqui. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Pull-up

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pullup.

Words within the letters "l-l-p-p-u-u"

-2 letters: lulu, pull, pulp.

-3 letters: pul, pup, ulu.

-4 letters: up.

 Words containing the letters "l-l-p-p-u-u"
 

+1 letter: pullups.

 

+4 letters: populously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Abbreviations
6. Acronyms
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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