press-up

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspushup

   Broaderarm exercise

   Narrowerwidegrip pushup

Questions about press-up

What does press-up mean?

press-up means "an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms".

How many syllables are in press-up?

press-up has 2 syllables: pres-s-up. The stress falls on "pres".

What is another word for press-up?

Close synonyms include pushup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press-up a common word?

press-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.