cleanup

See also: clean up

English

Alternative forms

• clean-up

Etymology

Univerbation of clean +‎ up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkliːnʌp/, [ˈkʰliːˌnʌp]

• Audio (RP):

  (file)

Noun

cleanup (countable and uncountable, plural cleanups)

1. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
2. (baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
   • 1994, Ronald A. Mayer, The 1937 Newark Bears: A Baseball Legend, →ISBN, page 27:

     The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob Barrett was at third base and hitting sixth; Jess Hill was the number seven batter in left field; Red Rolfe batted eighth and played shortstop; and the right-hander, George Miner, was on the mound.

   • 2000, Richard Ben Cramer, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, →ISBN, page 528:

     There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.

   • 2010, Kenneth Hogan, Batting 10th for the Yankees, →ISBN:

     I had been getting hits off Jim Palmer and had a streak going and went from hitting 8th to 7th, to 6th, 5th, and then finally McKeon put me in at cleanup.

   Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.

Derived terms

• cleanup hitter

Related terms

• clean up

Translations

the act of cleaning or tidying

• Azerbaijani: təmizləmə, yığışdırma
• Catalan: neteja (ca) f
• Dzodinka: polish
• Finnish: puhdistus (fi), siivous (fi)
• French: nettoyage (fr) m
• German: Aufräumen (de) n, Säubern n, Säuberung (de) f, Säuberungsaktion f
• Greek: καθαρισμός (el) m (katharismós)
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• Hebrew: ניקוי m (niqui)
• Portuguese: limpeza (pt) f
• Russian: убо́рка (ru) f (ubórka)
• Serbo-Croatian: čišćenje n, чишћење n
• Spanish: limpieza (es) f
• Turkish: temizleme (tr)

Verb

cleanup

1. Misspelling of clean up.

Anagrams

• unplace