meetup

American  

[meet-uhp] / ˈmitˌʌp /

Or meet-up

noun

1. a meeting, especially a regular meeting of people who share a particular interest and have connected with each other through a social-networking website.

   a meetup for new moms in the neighborhood; a meetup to plan the trip.

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Usage

What does meetup mean? A meetup is an organized gathering of people, especially a regular meeting of people who share a common interest or hobby. It is usually initiated and arranged through a social network or website.Meet up (without the hyphen) is a phrasal verb meaning to meet, as in Let’s meet up at the restaurant. The term meetup as a noun was popularized by the website Meetup.com, which helps people organize such events.Example: After I moved here from the Midwest, I met most of my friends at an anime meetup.

Etymology

Origin of meetup

2000-05; meet ¹ + up, popularized by Meetup , name of a website

Example Sentences

Check for ones through Eventbrite, Meetup, LinkedIn or your local Chamber of Commerce.

From Barron's

When Doc went into the office, Coal waited at the side of the building until most of the school had filed inside instead of going to the usual meetup place.

From Literature

The social network Meetup, also acquired in 2024, saw most of its employees laid off almost immediately.

From Slate

Two sanctioned oil tankers shut off their transponders earlier this month and powered to a meetup point, drawing alongside each other in the Sea of Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

She tells me that when she hosted a meetup at a New Jersey mall in September, 87,000 screaming fans had mobbed the place.

From The Wall Street Journal