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burn up en · NOUN

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Etymology

From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of burnup.
   alt of burnup

burn up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From burn + up. Compare Middle English upbrennynge, upbrennende (“burning up”, present participle), German Low German upbrannen (“to burn up”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
   • The rocket may burn up on reentry.
   • Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:catch fire
2. (transitive) To destroy by burning.
   • Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
3. (transitive) To anger; to annoy.
   • His thoughtlessness really burns me up.
   • Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy
4. (intransitive) To be angry or annoyed.
   • One morning […] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job ^([sic]) about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I was burning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it, though even as I got out of my car to walk up to Tim's, I wasn't sure what. 1980 February 9, Bruce MacDonald, “Cultural Preparation”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 4:
5. (intransitive) To be or feel overly hot or inflamed.
   • Near-synonyms: steam, swelter
   • It's the middle of summer; I know it's going to be burning up outside.
   • Now that we've been walking awhile, I'm burning up in this coat! Time to take it off.
6. (intransitive, specifically) To be or feel overly hot or inflamed. ▸ To experience a high fever.
   • She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!
7. (dated) To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed.
8. (intransitive, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finishing strongly.

Forms

Coordinates

scathe · burn away · combust · burn off · tear it up · burn · burn down · torch · burn off · burn away · burn down · burn to a crisp · light up · cinder · incinerate · fire up · forsweal · combure · forburn · burn away · cremate · burn down · char up · burn up

Synonyms

roll out · get on someone's wick · bedevil · grate · harsh one's mellow · provoke · exasperate · jazz · wind up · test someone's patience · get under one's goat · spunk · provoke · rub the wrong way · get someone's nanny-goat · molest · sting · peeve · devil · burn up · annoy · catch fire · rub someone the wrong way · grind one's gears · get · hack off · boil someone's piss · tick off · try one's patience · frustrate · combust · offend · take fire · put out · anger · honk off · ruffle some feathers · make angry · steam · gall · make someone's blood boil · bother · botherate · go up in flames · rub up the wrong way · get one's back up · aggravate · raise someone's hackles · acerbate · nettle · set up someone's birse · nerve · get someone's goat · rattle someone's cage · embitter · conflagrate · burn up · steam · get someone's back up · swelter · rile up · incense · Idioms: · raise someone's hackles · get someone's Irish up · grotch · roil · get someone's dander up · hassle · get on someone's nerves · tee off · peeve off · catch on fire · pee off · torque off · persecute · raise someone's shag · steam · put someone's back up · ruffle · infuriate · give someone the shits · get someone's Irish up · disgruntle · get someone's goat · envenom · piss off · get to · rankle · burn someone's ass · irk · bug · set off · antagonize · cheese off · rile · chap someone's hide · roil · pique · get someone's dander up · go up in smoke · awrath · madden · nark · go up in smoke · rankle · get under someone's skin · burn out · fire · ruffle someone's feathers · light · mommick · put someone's back up · affront · get someone's nanny · rile · cross · inflame · get up · ignite · piss off · antagonize · get on someone's tits · irritate · swelter · cheese off · storm · tick off · trouble · nark · aggravate · incense · get · vex · make someone see red · outrage

Translations (9)

kw kowlleski (catch fire and burn until destroyed) · hu eléget (destroy by burning) · grc καταφλέγομαι (catch fire and burn until destroyed) · pl popalić się (catch fire and burn until destroyed) · pl popalić (destroy by burning) · ota یانمق (catch fire and burn until destroyed) · ang onǣlan (destroy by burning) · hu elég (catch fire and burn until destroyed) · grc καταφλέγω (destroy by burning)