warmer-upper
Americannoun
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something that provides one with invigorating warmth.
Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of warmer-upper
1940–45; warm up + -er 1, applied pleonastically to both v. and particle
Example Sentences
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On “StarTalk,” the warmer-upper is Dr. Tyson himself, who began by teasing a reporter in the first row for being the only one not wearing black.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2015
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