Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
verb
Misspelling of back up.
chupak
cockup
cockup
noun
(archaic) A hat or cap worn turned up in front.
A large edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer)
Alternative spelling of cock-up
fuckup
fuckup
noun
(vulgar) A serious mistake.
(vulgar, derogatory) An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot
(vulgar, derogatory) One who continually makes mistakes.
kickup
kickup
noun
(Caribbean) The waterthrush.
(countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
(countable, dated) A disturbance.
(uncountable) Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
lockup
lockup
noun
(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
(computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
(marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
(mechanical engineering) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
(printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
mockup
mockup
noun
Alternative spelling of mock-up.
pickup
pickup
noun
(US, Canada) A pickup truck.
(US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain
(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
(uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
(uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
(uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
(usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
The act of answering a telephone.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations
verb
Misspelling of pick up.
plucks
plucks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pluck
plucky
plucky
adj
(informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
pucker
pucker
noun
(colloquial) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
A fold or wrinkle.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
puckle
puckle
noun
(dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite.
(obsolete) The devil; Satan.
unpack
unpack
verb
(computing, transitive) To unzip, decompress.
(figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
(linguistics, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
unpick
unpick
verb
(figurative) To unfold; to solve.
(figuratively) To disassemble, to undo.
(figuratively) to take apart, to criticize harshly
(knitting) To undo knitting in order to reuse the wool.
(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
To unravel or untangle the threads of a rope etc.
upcock
updeck
uplick
uplock
uplock
noun
(aviation) A mechanism that secures an aircraft's landing gear in the retracted position, helping to prevent an uncommanded gear deployment during flight.
verb
(obsolete) To lock up.
upsuck
upsuck
noun
(biology) A hypothesized peristaltic action during the female orgasm that helps to retain sperm.
verb
(poetic) To suck upward.
uptick
uptick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price above a preceding one.
A small increase or upward change in something that has been steady or declining.
uptuck
wickup
wickup
intj
An onomatopoeic representation of the chirp of certain species of flickers.