warmer-upper
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of warming up (preparing for an activity).
Example Sentences
- "The cadence exercises which follow are “warmer-uppers.” They are especially planned to prime your heart, muscles, and circulatory system for a step-up in activity. Gradually, easily, they get your body set for the big job ahead."
- "Such clubs, or the specially weighted head covers placed on conventional clubs, certainly have a useful function; they are primarily warmer-uppers, or the golf version of the two or three bats a baseball player uses just before he steps into the batting box."
- "Organized Hostelers using lightweight geared bikes regularly take off in small groups with a leader, for jaunts ranging from one-day “warmer-uppers” scheduled by 23 local A.Y.H. councils to well-warmed journeys of anything from one week to seven."
- "Program content will determine what icebreakers or openers will be used; for example, in a free-wheeling, experiential management development program in a cultural island setting, novel warmer-uppers would be quite appropriate."
- "I seldom drink brandy as brandy, but I have two favorite warmer-uppers for bitter weather, and was making them both for guests last week when school vacation sehedules^([sic]) permitted us a few extra days in the country."
- "Everyone was drinking warmer-uppers when we arrived—it was a cash bar, a big moneymaker, with quality liquors, Chivas and Crown Royal, though the wine was served from jugs and the beer was Bud."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: -er