meetup

noun

meet·​up ˈmēt-ˌəp 

variants or meet-up

plural meetups or meet-ups

: an informal meeting or get-together

… people who frequently use their cell phones to communicate with others often do so to arrange face-to-face meetings. "For people that live locally or on campus, I'll text them to arrange a meetup if I want to talk to them and hang out …," [Sydney] Cole said.

—Samantha Savery

… wanting to believe that their dead loved one is living happily ever after and will be available for meet-ups later on …

—Gary J. Whittenberger

… nobody finds this impromptu UN meet-up unusual in Miami.

—Andrew Nelson

often, specifically : a social event for people with shared interests organized through the Meetup Internet service

They treat their bodies as guinea pigs and gather in meet-ups and conferences to swap stories—backed by data, of course—about the best ways to lose weight, work more efficiently and get smarter.

—Bryan Walsh

Examples of meetup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s no compensation or formal feedback process; instead, the recurring nature of these meetups fosters community. —Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

Howard had attended Lunge Run Club, a weekly meetup that went mega viral on social media over the summer for explicitly pairing running with matchmaking (one video of the club, pulled from TikTok, has nearly 10 million views on just X, the platform formerly known as Twitter). —Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2024

The meetup was ahead of a dedication ceremony to name San Diego State University’s Black Resource Center after Emma and Gus, who was born into slavery in Kentucky. —Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024

Richmond Pug Meetup is a free monthly meetup of … pugs. —Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above