Fromburn +up. CompareMiddle Englishupbrennynge,upbrennende(“burning up”,present participle),German Low Germanupbrannen(“to burn up”).
burnup (third-person singular simple presentburns up,present participleburning up,simple past and past participleburned uporburnt up)
- (intransitive) Tocatch fire and burn until destroyed.
- Near-synonyms:go up in smoke;see alsoThesaurus:combust
- Coordinate terms:burn away,burn down,burn off
The rocket mayburn up on reentry.
- (transitive) To destroy by burning.
- Coordinate terms:burn away,burn down,burn off;fire up,light up
- (transitive) Toanger; toannoy.
- Near-synonyms:incense;see alsoThesaurus:enrage,Thesaurus:annoy
His thoughtlessness reallyburns meup.
- (intransitive) To beangry orannoyed.
1980 February 9, Bruce MacDonald, “Cultural Preparation”, inGay Community News, volume 7, number28, page 4:One morning[…] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job[sic] about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I wasburning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it, though even as I got out of my car to walk up to Tim's, I wasn't sure what.
- (intransitive) To feel overlyhot orinflamed.
- Near-synonyms:steam,swelter
Now that we've been walking awhile, I'mburning up in this coat! Time to take it off.
- (intransitive, specifically) To experience a highfever.
She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he wasburning up!
- (dated) To ride amotorcycle or other vehicle at high speed.
- Coordinate term:tear it up
- (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly.
- Synonyms:roll out,burn out
catch fire and burn until destroyed
burnup (pluralburn ups)
- Misspelling ofburnup.
