breakup
English
/ˈbɹeɪkʌp/
noun
Definitions
- The act of break breaking up; disintegration or division.
- The termination of a friendship, or a romantic relationship.
- A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
- (Alaska and northern Canada) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates, or more generally Spring.
Etymology
Compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English up (a higher degree, adverb).
Origin
English
up
Gloss
a higher degree, adverb
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Johnny-jump-up English
- antiup English
- backup English
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bindup English
- bio-break English
- blow up English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- buildup English
- burn up English
- buy up English
- buyup English
- cheese up English
- cleanup English
- crossbreak English
- draw-up English
- dustup English
- faceup English
- fillup English
- firebreak English
- fixer-upper English
- flare-up English
- forbreak English
- getup English
- glow-up English
- gut up English
- heartbreak English
- hole up English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- layup English
- leadup English
- liftup English
- light up English
- linkup English
- lunchbreak English
- matchup English
- mess-up English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- mixup English
- muck-up English
- mugup English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- nut up English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- pent-up English
- pickup English
- postbreakup English
- power-up English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- run-up English
- scaleup English
- scoop up English
- setup English
- shakeup English
- shelfbreak English
- situp English
- stackup English
- stickup English
- stitch-up English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- suckup English
- sum-up English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- two-up English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- up English
- up so down English
- upalong English
- upback English
- upbow English
- upbreak English
- upcard English
- upcasing English
- upchirp English
- upcoast English
- upcoming English
- upcountry English
- upcropping English
- updip English
- upglide English
- uphanded English
- uphill English
- upkeep English
- uplight English
- uplink English
- upload English
- uplying English
- upmass English
- upmost English
- upness English
- upon English
- uppest English
- uppish English
- uppity English
- uprank English
- upsample English
- upscatter English
- upshock English
- upshorts English
- upside down English
- upsitting English
- upskirt English
- upslanting English
- upslur English
- upstair English
- upstate English
- upstreet English
- upstroke English
- upsun English
- uptil English
- uptodate English
- upvalue English
- upward English
- upwards English
- upwarp English
- walkup English
- waterbreak English
- wayupthere English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- write-up English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- upar Portuguese
- アップ Japanese
- ブレイク Japanese
- upp Old English
- breken Middle English
- apim Tok Pisin
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- up
- upon
- layup
- buyup
- updip
- uptil
- upbow
- mugup
- getup
- upsun
- setup
- break
- situp
- mixup
- faceup
- leadup
- dustup
- uplink
- suckup
- uppest
- upness
- sum-up
- liftup
- upward
- upload
- upkeep
- upwarp
- upmass
- bindup
- gut up
- run-up
- upmost
- walkup
- two-up
- buy up
- upback
- upslur
- nut up
- uprank
- uppish
- pickup
- antiup
- linkup
- upcard
- breaky
- uppity
- backup
- fillup
- uphill
- cleanup
- breakly
- upwards
- muck-up
- upvalue
- uplight
- rebreak
- blow up
- upshock
- uplying
- breakle
- upstair
- shakeup
- scaleup
- matchup
- glow-up
- inbreak
- brickle
- unbreak
- upglide
- stickup
- pent-up
- upalong
- stackup
- hole up
- upstate
- upchirp
- upskirt
- upcoast
- breaker
- draw-up
- burn up
- mess-up
- bebreak
- tobreak
- buildup
- upbreak
- uptodate
- breakest
- upstroke
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- light up
- upcoming
- scoop up
- flare-up
- outbreak
- breaketh
- upcasing
- breakoff
- uphanded
- write-up
- breakage
- power-up
- un-break
- sunbreak
- upstreet
- prebreak
- upshorts
- upsample
- breakcore
- breakneck
- breakaway
- windbreak
- cheese up
- breakable
- upscatter
- break off
- breakfast
- breakopen
- overbreak
- nanobreak
- minibreak
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- stitch-up
- beambreak
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- upcountry
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- upsitting
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- mini-break
- word break
- lunchbreak
- upslanting
- microbreak
- breakwater
- breakproof
- wayupthere
- up so down
- shelfbreak
- upcropping
- breakdance
- breakfront
- stonebreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- underbreak
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- heartbreak
- fixer-upper
- break-bones
- breaker bar
- postbreakup
- upside down
- strikebreak
- unbreakable
- brake pedal
- break loose
- breakability
- breakdancing
- breakthrough
- midterm break
- break-promise
- Johnny-jump-up