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up-bow

[ uhp-boh ]
/ ˈʌpˌboʊ /

noun

(in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke toward the heel of the bow: indicated in scores by the symbol V (opposed to down-bow).

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Origin of up-bow

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby up-bow

up a tree, upaya, upbear, upbeat, upbound, up-bow, upbraid, upbraiding, upbringing, upbuild, upburst
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British Dictionary definitions for up-bow

up-bow
/ (ˈʌpˌbəʊ) /

noun

a stroke of the bow from its tip to its nut on a stringed instrumentCompare down-bow
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