sunup

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sunup

/ˈsʌnʌp/

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sun + up

noun sunups

US, countable, uncountable The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon. “Shagbark, that was risky on your part; even where it lies it is much closer than I like, for we shall all have to see it in the morning.” “No, you won’t; it’ll be gone afore sunup.”
Similar: sunrise, daybreak, dawn, ass crack of dawn, break, break of dawn, break of day, butt crack of dawn, cockcrow, crack of dawn, daylight, dayspring
US, countable, uncountable The change in color of the sky at sunup.

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@misc{sunup_2026,
  title = {sunup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}