noun · frequent

pull-up

pull-up · pull-ups

подтягивание

Klimmzug

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own…An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.

/ˈpʊl.ʌp/

Meaning

3 senses

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.
Klimmzug
подтя́гиваниеpodtjágivanije
Synonym of training pants (“undergarments worn by incontinent people, typically infants, to aid in toilet training during the transition between diapers and underpants”).
A pull-up resistor.

More definitions

an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back:

Origin

Deverbal from pull up. Genericized trademark: from the Pull-Ups brand of training pants s

Deverbal from pull up.

Genericized trademark: from the Pull-Ups brand of training pants sold by Huggies.

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Forms

plural: pull-ups

Singular	pull-up
Plural	pull-ups

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

training pants

Close in meaning

an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar:chin-up
a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers:pull-in

Word family

Derivedpull-up bar