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PRESS-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does press-up mean? 

PRESS-UP (noun)
  The noun PRESS-UP has 1 sense:

1. an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the armsplay

  Familiarity information: PRESS-UP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESS-UP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

press-up; pushup

Hypernyms ("press-up" is a kind of...):

arm exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "press-up"):

widegrip pushup (a pushup with the arms widely separated)


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