SIT-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sit-up mean? 

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

1. a stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIT-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

stomach exercise; tummy crunch (an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles)

Derivation:

sit up (change to an upright sitting position)