pad up

verb

To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.

“He padded up for the Bears in 1997.”

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Meanings

verbpad up (third-person singular simple present pads up, present participle padding up, simple past and past participle padded up)

present singular third person pads up · participle present padding up · participle past padded up · past padded up

  1. intransitiveball gamesTo put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.

    Normally only one batsman is padded up and Dean Jones was listed to bat next.

    1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 201
  2. intransitiveAmerican footballTo put on pads to ready oneself to play American football; to play for a team.

    He padded up for the Bears in 1997.

  3. intransitiveslangTo put on a diaper.
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APA

pad up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pad%20up

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pad up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pad%20up.

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