pull-up

1. 1.

   a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers

   Synonymspull-in

   Broadercafe

   United Kingdom

2. 2.

   an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar

   Synonymschin-up

   Broaderarm exercise

Questions about pull-up

What does pull-up mean?

pull-up means "a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pull-up?

pull-up has 2 syllables: pul-l-up. The stress falls on "pul".

What is another word for pull-up?

Close synonyms include pull-in, chin-up. 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 pull-up a common word?

pull-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.