BRUSHUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brushup mean? 

• BRUSHUP (noun)
  The noun BRUSHUP has 1 sense:

1. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

  Familiarity information: BRUSHUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUSHUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

brushup; review

Hypernyms ("brushup" is a kind of...):

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brushup"):

rub up (a review that refreshes your memory)

Derivation:

brush up (refresh one's memory)