warm-up

See also: warmup, Warmup, Warm-up, and warm up

English

Etymology

Deverbal of warm up.

Pronunciation

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A footballer during the warm-up

Noun

warm-up (plural warm-ups)

1. The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity

   If you don't do your warm-ups properly you have a greater chance of injury.

2. Any act of preparation for a performance

   Drivers are allowed 5 minutes for warm-up before the race starts.

3. A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups.

   Keep a sharp eye on the referee during warm-up to check out his mood.

Related terms

• warm up
• warming up

Translations

The act of exercising or stretching in preparation for strenuous activity

• Armenian: նախավարժանք (hy) (naxavaržankʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: rozcvička (cs) f
• Danish: opvarmning c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: lämmittely (fi), verryttely (fi)
• French: échauffement (fr) m
• German: Aufwärmen n, Aufwärmtraining n
• Greek: προθέρμανση (el) f (prothérmansi)
• Hungarian: bemelegítés (hu)
• Irish: réamhaclaíocht f
• Italian: riscaldamento (it)
• Japanese: ウォームアップ (ja) (wōmuappu)
• Lithuanian: apšilimas m
• Maori: koiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvarming m or f

  Nynorsk: oppvarming f

• Polish: rozgrzewka (pl) f
• Portuguese: aquecimento (pt)
• Russian: разминка (ru) f (razminka)
• Slovak: rozcvička, rozcvičovanie
• Spanish: calentamiento (es)
• Swedish: uppvärmning (sv) c
• Turkish: ısınma (tr)
• Ukrainian: розми́нка f (rozmýnka)

Any act of preparation for a performance

• Finnish: lämmittely (fi)
• Japanese: ウォームアップ (ja) (wōmuappu)
• Maori: koiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvarming m or f

  Nynorsk: oppvarming f

A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups

• Finnish: lämmittely (fi), verryttely (fi)
• Irish: réamhaclaíocht f
• Japanese: ウォームアップ (ja) (wōmuappu)