fixer-upper
English
noun
Definitions
- (US) A house, property, car, or other object that needs to be fix fixed up or repaired, often purchased as an investment.
- (informal) A potential romantic partner who may need some motivation to improve their personality or habits.
- (informal) A person who tinkers or fixes things up, in particular someone who fixes up houses, properties etc as an investment
Etymology
Affix from English fix + 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
- affix English
- antiup English
- backup English
- bindup English
- biofix English
- blow up English
- breakup English
- bugfix English
- buildup English
- burn up English
- buy up English
- buyup English
- cheese up English
- cleanup English
- cryofix English
- draw-up English
- dustup English
- faceup English
- fillup English
- fix English
- fixability English
- fixable English
- fixer English
- fixest English
- fixeth English
- fixie English
- fixism English
- fixist English
- fixity English
- fixive English
- fixless English
- fixly English
- fixt English
- flare-up English
- forefix English
- getup English
- glow-up English
- gut up English
- hole up English
- hotfix English
- interfix English
- layup English
- leadup English
- liftup English
- light up English
- linkup English
- matchup English
- mess-up English
- mixfix English
- mixup English
- muck-up English
- mugup English
- nut up English
- overfix English
- pent-up English
- perfix English
- pickup English
- postfix English
- power-up English
- refix English
- run-up English
- scaleup English
- scoop up English
- setup English
- shakeup English
- situp English
- stackup English
- stickup English
- stitch-up English
- suckup English
- sum-up English
- technofix English
- two-up English
- underfix English
- unfix English
- unfixability English
- up English
- up so down English
- upalong English
- upback English
- upbow 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
- wayupthere English
- write-up English
- fiksen Dutch, Flemish
- upar Portuguese
- アップ Japanese
- upp Old English
- fixen Middle English
- fiks Serbo-Croatian
- fiksati Serbo-Croatian
- apim Tok Pisin
- up
- fix
- fixt
- upon
- layup
- buyup
- fixie
- updip
- fixer
- uptil
- affix
- fixly
- refix
- upbow
- situp
- mugup
- getup
- upsun
- setup
- mixup
- unfix
- faceup
- fixest
- run-up
- leadup
- dustup
- perfix
- uplink
- suckup
- uppest
- upmost
- upness
- bugfix
- walkup
- fixism
- sum-up
- hotfix
- liftup
- two-up
- mixfix
- buy up
- upback
- upslur
- nut up
- upward
- biofix
- fixity
- uprank
- uppish
- pickup
- upload
- upkeep
- antiup
- upwarp
- upmass
- bindup
- gut up
- fixive
- linkup
- upcard
- uppity
- backup
- fillup
- uphill
- fixist
- fixeth
- cleanup
- pent-up
- upalong
- upwards
- stackup
- hole up
- upstate
- muck-up
- breakup
- upchirp
- upvalue
- uplight
- postfix
- upskirt
- fixless
- blow up
- upcoast
- upshock
- forefix
- uplying
- cryofix
- overfix
- upstair
- draw-up
- shakeup
- burn up
- mess-up
- scaleup
- matchup
- glow-up
- buildup
- fixable
- upglide
- stickup
- uptodate
- upcasing
- uphanded
- write-up
- upstroke
- underfix
- power-up
- light up
- interfix
- upstreet
- upcoming
- scoop up
- flare-up
- upshorts
- upsample
- stitch-up
- cheese up
- upcountry
- upscatter
- technofix
- upsitting
- upslanting
- fixability
- wayupthere
- up so down
- upcropping
- upside down
- unfixability
- Johnny-jump-up