pullup
pullup Lexical Profile
pullup Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An upper-body strength exercise in which a person hangs from an overhead bar by the hands and pulls the body upward until the chin clears the bar.
"He installed a bar in the doorway so he could practice doing pullups every morning."
A disposable training pant or absorbent undergarment designed with elastic sides so a toddler can pull it on and off like regular underwear.
"The daycare teacher asked parents to pack extra pullups for children who are currently potty training."
In electronics, a resistor or circuit element used to hold a logic signal at a defined high voltage level when no other active device is driving the line.
"Enabling the internal pullup on the microcontroller pin prevents the input from floating when the button is not pressed."
Word Nuance & Usage
The closed compound "pullup" or hyphenated "pull-up" functions as a noun, whereas the two-word phrase "pull up" is a phrasal verb (e.g., "She did ten pullups" vs. "Please pull up to the window").