make-up

Meanings

nounmake-up (usually uncountable, plural make-ups)

alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of makeup. See usage notes there.
From Whitemoor, left at 6.45 p.m., the train's make-up usually includes also some Continental ferry wagons, originating from Harwich.
1961 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 760

adjectivemake-up (not comparable)

not comparableMade-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.
informalnot comparableOf or relating to a reconciliation.
Joe and Joanne had a big fight, and then apologized and had incredible make-up sex.

verbmake-up (third-person singular simple present make-ups, present participle make-upping or make-uping, simple past and past participle make-upped or make-uped)

present singular third person make-ups · participle present make-upping · participle present make-uping · participle past make-upped · past make-upped · participle past make-uped · past make-uped

rareRare form of make up (“to put makeup on”).
The make-up artist stops make-upping.
2005 February, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine’s Day, Don Mills, Ont.: Red Dress Ink, →ISBN, page 305
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Orange, mauve, and cobalt blue are three favorite shades now employed by the woman who desires to “make-up” her face, according to the approved beauty standards.
1922 March 22, “Belles Tint Faces to Match Gown Colors”, in The China Press, volume XII, number 3261, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 12, column 3
And shame at what you thought was fard! It’s only make-upping your face.
1999, Steve Rideout, “Tiddlywinks”, in Don’t Go Up a Windmill: Poems, Blue Springs, Mo.: Blue Windmill Books, →ISBN, page 84
As we’re in the bathroom side-by-side, silently make-upping, Sophie turns to me.
2011, Gemma Burgess, chapter 10, in A Girl Like You, London: Avon, →ISBN, page 93
After showering, blow drying, make-uping, powdering, and brushing, she put the dress on and stood again in the front of the mirror.
2013, Robin Shope, chapter 31, in Wynn in the Willows, Aztec, N.M.: White Rose Publishing, published 2014, →ISBN
Like Carnelle in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Teddy will attempt to transform herself on the outside by shaving, plucking, dressing, make-uping, and acting like a lady.
2013 July, Kelly Younger, “The Debutante Ball & The Lucky Spot”, in Henley in an Hour, Hanover, N.H.: In an Hour Books, →ISBN, page 26