PRESS-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does press-up mean? 

• PRESS-UP (noun)
  The noun PRESS-UP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PRESS-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESS-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

press-up; pushup

Hypernyms ("press-up" is a kind of...):

arm exercise (exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "press-up"):

widegrip pushup (a pushup with the arms widely separated)