run-up

Meaning

1. The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
2. The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
3. A period of time just before an important event.
4. An increase in the value or amount of something.
5. The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
6. The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.

Synonyms

runup

ascending

ascension

ascent

climb

elevation

embarkment

escalation

hike

increase

jump

raise

raising

rise

run

soar

start

starting

swash

takeoff

transgression

upgrade

upsurge

upturn

pick up speed

uprush

tsunami run-up

apron

up-tick

Etymology

Deverbal from run up.