search up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To obtain something, especially information, about (something) from a source (especially electronic sources).
Informal
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see search, up.
Example Sentences
- "The losing of keys can be largely prevented by requiring the use of key chains attached to the bunch of keys and also by informing the student that they are charged one dollar each if lost. They have the advantage that they are much more easily opened, while if the combination be forgotten the instructor has to search it up in the records."
- "I recommend a booklet by Laurie Riley on preventing harp related injury - can't remember the title just now but I'll try to search it up."
- "I searched up ghost people who knew what to do in a ghost case"
- "Any other cool facts about your town/state? Bremerton: L. Ron Hubbard grew up and wrote his early works here. Nobody ever mentions this, probably because they fear the town becoming a Mecca for Scientologists. Seattle: Search it up, the whole town is one cool fact."
- "So I went onto online, to search up the number 17. I thought the information for this number was and is fascinating. It has importance in both of the math realm and Biblically."
- "If you were to search up the word happiness in a dictionary, your results would be something like "the state of being happy" or "joy"."