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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. build-ups, build-ups, build ups: Collins English Dictionary
  2. build-ups: Wordnik
  3. build-ups: Wiktionary
  4. build-ups: Dictionary.com
  5. build-ups: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. build-ups: Legal dictionary

(Note: See build_up as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (build up)

verb:  To erect; to construct.
verb:  To close up by building.
verb:  (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.
verb:  (card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
noun:  Misspelling of buildup. [An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.]
▸ Also see build_up


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