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pull-up

 
Noun pull-up has 2 senses
  1. pull-in, pull-up - a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers
    --1 is a kind of cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar
  2. pull-up, chin-up - an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
    --2 is a kind of arm exercise
    Derived form: verb pull up2
Verb pull-up has 4 senses
  1. draw up, pull up, haul up - come to a halt after driving somewhere; "The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn"; "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
    --1 is one way to stop, halt
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  2. draw up, pull up, straighten up - straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
    --2 is one way to straighten
    Derived form: noun pull-up2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. draw up, pull up - cause (a vehicle) to stop; "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
    --3 is one way to stop
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out - draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
    --4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
pulitzers pulk pulka pulkratude pull-down pull-in pull-off pull-through pull-up pull pull a face pull a fast one on pull a lot pull ahead pull along pull at pull away

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