Words that rhyme with walkup

n 1: an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet" 2: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill- ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in] 3: a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts [syn: accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support] 4: (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased" [syn: backup, computer backup] 5: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage]

n 1: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]

n 1: a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing" 2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup, cupful] 3: any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra" 4: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces 5: cup-shaped plant organ 6: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl 7: the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup" 8: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case" [syn: cup, loving cup] v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands" 2: put into a cup; "cup the milk" 3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn: cup, transfuse]

n 1: dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg [syn: eggcup, egg cup]

n 1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris] 2: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup]

n 1: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie- in]

n 1: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" [syn: search, lookup]

n 1: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: makeup, make-up, war paint] 2: an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later" [syn: makeup, make-up] 3: the way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up]

n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard [syn: pickup, pickup truck] 2: a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man" 3: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" [syn: pickup, pick-me-up] 4: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships 5: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" [syn: pickup, getaway] 6: mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: tone arm, pickup, pickup arm] 7: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup] 8: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" 9: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

n 1: as much as a teacup will hold [syn: teacup, teacupful] 2: a cup from which tea is drunk

n 1: the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) [syn: dissolution, breakup] 2: coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment]

n 1: a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers" 2: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose [syn: hookup, assemblage]

n 1: the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price 2: detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)

n 1: the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" [syn: reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup]