Run-up

Quick meaning: Run-up is a noun meaning (cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.

Meaning

(cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.

More Meanings

1. The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
2. A period of time just before an important event.
3. An increase in the value or amount of something.
4. (oceanography) The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
5. (aviation, transitive) The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.

Example Sentences

A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title]

Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates.

The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.

Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket.

Word Forms

• run-ups
• runup

Synonyms for run-up

Depending on context, synonyms include hike.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include race, run, launch, path, route, launching.

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