tune-up

[toon-uhp, tyoon-]

See more synonyms for tune-up on Thesaurus.com

noun

an adjustment, as of a motor, to improve working order or condition: The car needs a tune-up badly.
Informal. a preparatory activity or warm-up, as before a contest or game: The track meet served as a tune-up for the Olympics.

Show More

Origin of tune-up

First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase tune up

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words

discipline training study use experience preparation drill action operation instruction workout practice schooling teaching education guidance exercise coaching seasoning assignment

Examples from the Web for tune-up

Contemporary Examples

The health-care system is broken and in need of an overhaul, not a tune-up.
Obamacare May Be Dangerous to Your Health
Richard Woodward
November 30, 2013

Historical Examples

I've caught up with my reading, and Mihul has put me through two of her tune-up commando courses.
Legacy
James H Schmitz
It had turned bleak now, the fuffs of the mountain-winds began to tune-up and fife, the gloom deepened toward night.
The Last Miracle
M. P. Shiel