wife up

verb

(of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife

“Brother’s wifed up – can’t go shoot pool or nothing.”

Meanings

verbwife up (third-person singular simple present wifes up, present participle wifing up, simple past and past participle wifed up)

present singular third person wifes up · participle present wifing up · participle past wifed up · past wifed up

  1. slang(of a man) to marry a woman (generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife

    2008 “Chris Brown Wifing Up Rihanna?”

  2. slang(of a man) to spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whipped

    Brother’s wifed up – can’t go shoot pool or nothing.

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APA

wife up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20up

MLA

“wife up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wife up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20up.

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