pull-up

UK: /ˈpʊlʌp/ US: (pŏŏl′up′)

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ˈpull-ˌup or ˈpullˌup, n. [countable]

1. Sport an exercise in which one raises the chin over a bar by lifting oneself by the hands and arms;
   a chin-up.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

pull-up  (pŏŏl′up′), n. 

1. an exercise consisting of chinning oneself, as on a horizontal bar attached at each end to a doorpost.
2. a flight maneuver in which an aircraft climbs sharply from level flight.

Also, pull′up′. 

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase pull up 1850–55