bulk up
verb
bulked up; bulking up; bulks up
: to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular
: to cause to bulk up
Examples of bulk up in a Sentence
she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other
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Martin's moving life story made an impact on Sweeney, who bulked up for the film by gaining about 30 pounds and training three times a day for three months before production.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Cavanagh downplayed the need for NBCUniversal to bulk up with more assets after the Versant spinoff.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Cooling the missile during flight could require bulking up its reactor to accommodate boreholes for airflow.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
In a 2021 study of more than 4,000 American teenage boys, 11 percent had used muscle-building supplements, including anabolic steroids, to bulk up.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Cavanagh downplayed the need for NBCUniversal to bulk up with more assets after the Versant spinoff.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Cooling the missile during flight could require bulking up its reactor to accommodate boreholes for airflow.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
In a 2021 study of more than 4,000 American teenage boys, 11 percent had used muscle-building supplements, including anabolic steroids, to bulk up.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bulk up
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“Bulk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulk%20up. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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