pull-up

A noun with two distinct meanings: a roadside cafe, especially for lorry drivers; and an arm exercise performed by pulling oneself up on a horizontal bar until the chin is level with the bar.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei Bedeutungen: ein Rastplatz oder Imbiss an der Straße, besonders für Lastwagenfahrer; und eine Armübung, bei der man sich an einer Stange hochzieht, bis das Kinn die Stange erreicht.

1. Roadside cafe for truck drivers B1 informal british

   A small cafe or restaurant located by a road, primarily serving long-distance lorry drivers.

   • We stopped at a pull-up for a quick cup of tea.
   • The lorry driver knew all the best pull-ups on the route.
   • The pull-up served hearty breakfasts for truckers.

   🇩🇪Rasthaus für Fernfahrer

   Synonyme: pull-intruck stop

2. Exercise on a horizontal bar A2 formal sport

   An upper-body strength exercise where you hang from a bar and pull yourself up until your chin is level with the bar.

   • He can do twenty pull-ups without stopping.
   • Pull-ups are excellent for building back and arm muscles.
   • She added pull-ups to her daily workout routine.

   🇩🇪Klimmzug

   Synonyme: chin-up

• pull-ups plural form
• pull-ups' possessive plural form
• pull-up's possessive singular form