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pull-up

pull-up

7 3.9
An exercise where you hang from a bar and pull your chin above it
  • noun
  • /ˈpʊlˌʌp/
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  • Generally, within a group, heavy people can execute fewer pull-ups than light people.
  • pull-up test
  • pull-up bar
  • one pull-up

I I still went to the park to do pull ups, dips.

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Examples

  • For students who cannot do one pull-up, an alternate test was needed.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Ms. Babcock attended to the pull-up bar to assist students with their form.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I would jump on that to do my pull up and I would just make it happen, right?

  • No, I think I managed to get two or three pull ups, but it's just this is so much weight to pull up.

  • Now, now, now, you got to keep doing pull ups till the camera dies.

  • I bought one of those pull up bars and discovered that I couldn't do even one single pull up.

  • You look like you could do some pull-ups.

  • Students who can execute at least one pull-up should be measured on the traditional pull-up test.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You can get a tremendous workout doing push ups, pull ups, planks and air squats.

  • During our strength training session, I was able to complete five consecutive pull-ups without stopping.

Synonyms

chin-up
vspull-up
5.1

An exercise where you pull your body up on a bar above you until your chin reaches it

has identical meaning but differs only in the common name used

How Hard

to muscle up
  • Jargon
6.4
pull-up
7 3.9

Surface Forms

pull-up singular
pull-ups plural

Morphology

pull-up = pull + up (transparent) = pull + up

Named directly after the action 'pull up' (pull + up) of raising oneself on a bar; meaning follows the literal components.

Etymology

Pull-up is made of pull and up, meaning 'to pull yourself up', and is like the word chin-up. You pull your body up to a bar until your chin reaches it, so a pull-up is an exercise that shows upper-body strength.