6-letter words that end in up
- ham up — an actor or performer who overacts.
- hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- het up — indignant; irate; upset: She was really het up about the new city tax.
- hiccup — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hickup — Alternative spelling of hiccup.
- hit up — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- holdup — a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- hookup — an act or instance of hooking up.
- hop up — any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
- hot up — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- huddup — a word used to encourage a horse to hurry
- ice-up — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- in pup — (of a bitch) pregnant
- ink up — to apply ink to (a printing machine) in preparing it for operation
- jam up — a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- jam-up — a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- jumpup — (slang, Australia) A road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.
- key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- kickup — a violent disturbance or argument.
- lap up — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- larrup — to beat or thrash.
- lashup — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- lay up — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lay-up — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
- leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- let up — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- lie up — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lineup — a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- linkup — a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- lit up — a simple past tense and past participle of light1 .
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- lookup — an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database.
- makeup — facial cosmetics, as eye shadow or lipstick.
- man up — an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- markup — Commerce. the amount added by a seller to the cost of a commodity to cover expenses and profit in fixing the selling price. the difference between the cost price and the selling price, computed as a percentage of either the selling price or the cost price. an increase in price, as of a commodity. the amount by which a price is increased.
- mashup — Music, Slang. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.
- meetup — a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking website: a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.
- mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
- mix-up — a confused state of things; muddle; tangle.
- mockup — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- mop up — a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mop-up — the act, process, or an instance of mopping up; completion of an operation or action.
- mug up — If you mug up a subject or mug up on it, you study it quickly, so that you can remember the main facts about it.
- nip-up — a calisthenic routine or gymnastic move of springing to one's feet from a supine position.
- oilcup — a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- one-up — to get the better of; succeed in being a point, move, step, etc., ahead of (someone): They one-upped the competition.
- own up — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- pal up — to become friends (with)
- pay up — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pep up — lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.