sunup

[ suhn-uhp ]

noun

1. sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.

sunup

/ ˈsʌnˌʌp /

noun

1. See sunrise
   another name (esp US) for sunrise

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunup¹

1705–15, Americanism; sun + up, on the model of sundown

Example Sentences

He had a short-waisted, thin body and abnormally long, thin legs, like the shadow a man casts at sunup.

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As for orders, why, we start work at sunup, and Slushy dips out breakfast before that.

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The atmosphere had been freshened by a generous shower of rain a few hours before sunup.

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Shortly after sunup, the girls arose, put on their bathing suits, and went down to the beach for a before-breakfast plunge.

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But when yer on a long watch with a feller, an' got ter see him from sunup ter moonrise, it's better ter overlook a lot o' things.

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