cleanup
Americannoun
-
cleanups
plural
-
the act or process of cleaning up.
-
Slang. a very large profit.
The company made a real cleanup on their new invention.
-
Baseball.
-
the fourth position in the batting order.
Our best home-run hitter is batting cleanup.
-
the player who bats in this position.
-
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cleanup
1865–70, noun use of verb phrase clean up
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Most of the time, he puts away his toys before our five-minute cleanup timer goes off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
They use RNA cleanup mechanisms to remove excess RNA, helping infected cells remain functional long enough for viral replication to continue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The Social Security Administration called it “the most comprehensive SSN record cleanup in the agency’s 91-year history,” according to a statement released on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Monday, cleanup crews and firefighters cleared shattered glass and other debris from the streets of Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Washington National Guard was exhausted from the rescue and cleanup efforts that they had been running in the days since the eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
But as the debate over the division of housework rages, many argue that Japanese fans' signature stadium cleanups should be encouraged, not nitpicked at.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Such cleanups appear to have influenced fans from other countries too.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
He said after cleanups, homeless people just move right back.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Army Corps of Engineers cleared nearly 9,700 properties of hazardous items and other fire debris in eight months, one of the fastest cleanups of its size in modern history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The old force had come back to work, and for the first time since Broxton Day had arrived in Mexico, the outlook for getting out ore and making regular "cleanups" was bright.
From Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
