warmer-upper

warm·er-up·per

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Definitions of warmer-upper word

noun warmer-upper something that provides one with invigorating warmth: Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing. 1
noun warmer-upper something that serves to warm up an audience or group of participants before a main event: Radio stations played martial music as a warmer-upper before the prime minister's speech. 1

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

1940-45; warm up + -er1, applied pleonastically to both v. and particle

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