bulk up

verb

bulked up; bulking up; bulks up

intransitive verb

: to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular

transitive verb

: to cause to bulk up

Examples of bulk up in a Sentence

she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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Her father soon bulked up the curriculum with literature, mythology, music, philosophy, history, French, Italian, and Greek. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Rather than compromising on performance or bulking up the device, Apple’s solution appears to be software-based: reduce unnecessary power drain. Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 Feel free to multiply the quantity of ingredients as needed or bulk up and make a large batch. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 12 May 2025 Candidate and city Comptroller Brad Lander has proposed bulking up the city’s general reserve by at least $1 billion to protect from any cuts. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bulk up

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of bulk up was in 1979

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“Bulk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulk%20up. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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