Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glow up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: glow up
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undergo a glow-up.

Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To cause to undergo a glow-up.

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

Alternative form of glow-up.

Example Sentences

"We've all changed quite a bit since freshman year (thank goodness), but some people have particularly "glowed up.""
"“Every single person in the 'Degrassi' cast somehow glowed up in the best way.”"
"Speaking as a longtime iPhone user, I find it undeniable that Portrait mode — a marquee technology in a recent edition of the most popular phones in the world — has been glowed up."

Usage

Inflected Forms

glows up (present, singular) glowing up (participle, present) glowed up (past) glew up (dialectal, past) glowed up (participle, past) glown up (dialectal, participle) glow ups (plural)

Questions

What does glow up mean?: To undergo a glow-up.

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