Meaning & use
pull-up
An exercise in which a person hangs from a bar and pulls their body up until the chin clears it.
See it in a sentence
He could barely manage five pull-ups when he started training but soon reached twenty.
The gym class was timed on how many pull-ups each student could complete in a minute.
A note on using this word
"Pull-up" is hyphenated as one word for the exercise noun, while "pull up" as two words is the verb, as in "pull up a chair."
Words with a similar meaning
chin-up
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A sudden stop, or an act of pulling a vehicle over to the side of a road.
The officer signaled for a pull-up after noticing the car's broken taillight.
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