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

Cycling groups, bird-watching meetups, intramural sports leagues and hiking clubs are all seeing similar bumps as Gen Z trades swipe culture for face-to-face connection. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026

Gen Z is increasingly stepping away from dating apps and looking for love the old-fashioned way — through chance encounters at run clubs, book clubs, cycling groups and bird-watching meetups. —Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2026

Winston Pat, 20, was apprehended by an NYPD warrant squad and charged with reckless endangerment, riot and reckless driving for the car meetup in Middle Village on April 18. —Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

Listeners who’d never stolen away to a soft-serve stand under the guise of an innocent meetup responded to the song’s mellifluous reading of coming-of-age courtship and simpler-days nostalgia. —Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for meetup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup