tune-up

1. 1.

   exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

   Synonymswarm-upprolusion

   Broaderpreparation
2. 2.

   adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance

   Broaderadjustment

Questions about tune-up

What does tune-up mean?

tune-up means "exercising in preparation for strenuous activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tune-up?

tune-up has 3 syllables: tu-ne--up. The stress falls on "tu".

What is another word for tune-up?

Close synonyms include warm-up, prolusion. 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 tune-up a common word?

tune-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.