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View synonyms for sunup

sunup

[ suhn-uhp ]

noun

  1. sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.


sunup

/ ˈsʌnˌʌp /

noun

  1. another name (esp US) for sunrise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sunup1

1705–15, Americanism; sun + up, on the model of sundown
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Example Sentences

He had a short-waisted, thin body and abnormally long, thin legs, like the shadow a man casts at sunup.

As for orders, why, we start work at sunup, and Slushy dips out breakfast before that.

The atmosphere had been freshened by a generous shower of rain a few hours before sunup.

Shortly after sunup, the girls arose, put on their bathing suits, and went down to the beach for a before-breakfast plunge.

But when yer on a long watch with a feller, an' got ter see him from sunup ter moonrise, it's better ter overlook a lot o' things.

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