meetup

noun

meet·​up ˈmēt-ˌəp 

variants or meet-up

plural meetups or meet-ups

: an informal meeting or get-together

… people who frequently use their cell phones to communicate with others often do so to arrange face-to-face meetings. "For people that live locally or on campus, I'll text them to arrange a meetup if I want to talk to them and hang out …," [Sydney] Cole said.

—Samantha Savery

… wanting to believe that their dead loved one is living happily ever after and will be available for meet-ups later on …

—Gary J. Whittenberger

… nobody finds this impromptu UN meet-up unusual in Miami.

—Andrew Nelson

often, specifically : a social event for people with shared interests organized through the Meetup Internet service

They treat their bodies as guinea pigs and gather in meet-ups and conferences to swap stories—backed by data, of course—about the best ways to lose weight, work more efficiently and get smarter.

—Bryan Walsh

Examples of meetup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Annual meetups in places such as Chicago began drawing fans from Toronto, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. —Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

In the fall of 2024, reports emerged that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle bought a vacation home in Portugal, which would make for easy meetups with Eugenie and her family while in Europe. —Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025

For information about future meetups, follow @altadenacarsandcoffee on Instagram. —Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025

There’s also a local sky-watching meetup every Friday near the main plaza. —Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for meetup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup