push-up

See also: pushup and push up

English

Alternative forms

• pushup

Etymology

Deverbal from push up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊʃˌʌp/

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Adjective

push-up (not comparable)

1. (fashion) Supporting the breasts to increase their apparent size.
   • 2008, Women's Health, page 141:

     Talk about lucky stripes: This push-up top features pads to provide oomph and make sure the girls stay sunny-side up.

   • 2011, Laura Resnick, Vamparazzi: Book Four of Esther Diamond, Penguin, →ISBN:

     I paused to say, “Good,” then returned to breathing and vocalizing while I repeatedly bent over, stretched, and rolled up slowly, warming up my spine—and ignoring the way the wires of my push-up corset poked and squeezed me.

   • 2015, Robin Kirman, Bradstreet Gate: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN:

     In the sharper light of his hotel room, the woman's skin looked overpowdered; her bra was push-up, a pendant nestled in the cleavage.

2. (fashion) Designed to be worn rolled up.
   • 1952, Jet, page 41:

     Season's most popular blouses feature push-up sleeves, little- boy collars, dainty ties.

   • 1971, Ebony, page 121:

     These intriguing outfits feature harem pants with long draped front-panel belts, slinky, sleeveless coats, flowing dresses that cling, trousers with push-up legs and deep-cut pants that reveal a whole lot of slim, smooth belly- button and all!

   • 1992, The American Legion:

     A lovely body-skimming blouson with flattering full sleeves and wide push-up cuffs.

Noun

Animation of a full push-up

push-up (plural push-ups)

1. An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.

   Synonym: (chiefly UK) press-up

   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii

     I did lots of push-ups and pull-ups, and my only regret is that I stopped doing them as a young adult when I finally got to work out in health clubs instead of my basement or garage.

2. A push-up bra.
   • 2004, Katie Meier, A Girl's Guide to Life, page 93:

     Push-ups give girls with smaller breasts an extra bit of lift and shape.

Derived terms

• girl push-up
• Hindu push-up
• knee push-up
• modified push-up
• push-up bar

 

Translations

exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor

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• Arabic: تَمْرِين اَلضَّغَط m (tamrīn aḍ-ḍaḡaṭ)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: лицева опора f (liceva opora)
• Catalan: flexió f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 掌上壓／掌上压 (zoeng² soeng⁶ aat³)

  Hokkien: 豹形健身 (pà-hêng kiān-sin), 豹腰健身 (pà-io kiān-sin)

  Mandarin: 俯臥撐／俯卧撑 (zh) (fǔwòchēng), 伏地挺身 (zh) (fúdì tǐngshēn) (chiefly Taiwan)

• Czech: klik (cs) m
• Danish: armstrækning c
• Dutch: opdrukken (nl)
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• Esperanto: puŝlevo, kuŝapogo
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: punnerrus (fi), etunojapunnerrus (fi)
• French: pompe (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Liegestütz (de) m
• Greek: κάμψη (el) f (kámpsi)
• Hungarian: fekvőtámasz (hu)
• Icelandic: armbeygja f, armrétta f
• Italian: flessione (it) m
• Japanese: 腕立て伏せ (うでたてふせ, ude-tatefuse)
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• Korean: 푸시업 (pusieop), 팔굽혀펴기 (palguphyeopyeogi)
• Lithuanian: atsispaudimas m
• Macedonian: склек m (sklek)
• Polish: pompek, pompka (pl) m
• Portuguese: flexão (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਡੰਡ m (ḍaṇḍ)
• Romanian: flotare (ro) f
• Russian: отжима́ние (ru) n (otžimánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: sklȅk (sh) m
• Slovene: skleca f
• Spanish: lagartija (es) f, flexión de codos f, flexión (es) f, flexión de brazos f, planchas (es) f
• Swedish: armhävning (sv) c
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• Turkish: şınav
• Ukrainian: віджима́ння (vidžymánnja)
• Vietnamese: hít đất (dirt-inhaling)
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• Welsh: ymwthiad m
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• Zazaki: sınaw
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Verb

push-up (third-person singular simple present push-ups, present participle push-upping, simple past and past participle push-upped)

1. To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up-like manner.
   • 2006, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Storm, page 154:

     Jenk kept off to the side, but joined the class as they started their push-ups. […] Jenk push-upped, eyes on the ground.

See also

• chin-up
• press-up (UK)
• pull-up
• push-up bra